scholarly journals Length and height percentiles for children in the South-East Asian Nutrition Surveys (SEANUTS)

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 1741-1750 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nipa Rojroongwasinkul ◽  
Khanh Le Nguyen Bao ◽  
Sandjaja Sandjaja ◽  
Bee Koon Poh ◽  
Atitada Boonpraderm ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
East Asian ◽  
Growth Curves ◽  
The South ◽  
Nutrition Survey ◽  
South East Asian Region ◽  
Asian Children ◽  
Lms Method ◽  
Growth References ◽  
Height For Age ◽  
Country Specific

AbstractObjectiveHealth and nutritional information for many countries in the South-East Asian region is either lacking or no longer up to date. The present study aimed to calculate length/height percentile values for the South-East Asian Nutrition Survey (SEANUTS) populations aged 0·5–12 years, examine the appropriateness of pooling SEANUTS data for calculating common length/height percentile values for all SEANUTS countries and whether these values differ from the WHO growth references.DesignData on length/height-for-age percentile values were collected. The LMS method was used for calculating smoothened percentile values. Standardized site effects (SSE) were used for identifying large or unacceptable differences (i.e. $\mid\! \rm SSE \!\mid$ >0·5) between the pooled SEANUTS sample (including all countries) and the remaining pooled SEANUTS samples (including three countries) after weighting sample sizes and excluding one single country each time, as well as with WHO growth references.SettingMalaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia.SubjectsData from 14202 eligible children were used.ResultsFrom pair-wise comparisons of percentile values between the pooled SEANUTS sample and the remaining pooled SEANUTS samples, the vast majority of differences were acceptable (i.e. $\mid\! \rm SSE \!\mid$ ≤0·5). In contrast, pair-wise comparisons of percentile values between the pooled SEANUTS sample and WHO revealed large differences.ConclusionsThe current study calculated length/height percentile values for South East Asian children aged 0·5–12 years and supported the appropriateness of using pooled SEANUTS length/height percentile values for assessing children’s growth instead of country-specific ones. Pooled SEANUTS percentile values were found to differ from the WHO growth references and therefore this should be kept in mind when using WHO growth curves to assess length/height in these populations.

scholarly journals Body weight and BMI percentiles for children in the South-East Asian Nutrition Surveys (SEANUTS)

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (16) ◽  
pp. 2972-2981
Author(s):  
Sandjaja Sandjaja ◽  
Bee Koon Poh ◽  
Nipa Rojroongwasinkul ◽  
Khanh Le Nguyen Bao ◽  
Moesijanti Soekatri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Site Effect ◽  
The South ◽  
Nutrition Survey ◽  
Study Support ◽  
Lms Method ◽  
Growth References ◽  
Image Position

AbstractObjectiveThe present study aimed to (i) calculate body-weight- and BMI-for-age percentile values for children aged 0·5–12 years participating in the South-East Asian Nutrition Survey (SEANUTS); (ii) investigate whether the pooled (i.e. including all countries) SEANUTS weight- and BMI-for-age percentile values can be used for all SEANUTS countries instead of country-specific ones; and (iii) examine whether the pooled SEANUTS percentile values differ from the WHO growth references.DesignBody weight and length/height were measured. The LMS method was used for calculating smoothened body-weight- and BMI-for-age percentile values. The standardized site effect (SSE) values were used for identifying large differences (i.e. $\left| {{\rm SSE}} \right|$ >0·5) between the pooled SEANUTS sample and the remaining pooled SEANUTS samples after excluding one single country each time, as well as with WHO growth references.SettingMalaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia.SubjectsData from 14 202 eligible children.ResultsThe SSE derived from the comparisons of the percentile values between the pooled and the remaining pooled SEANUTS samples were indicative of small/acceptable (i.e. $\left| {{\rm SSE}} \right|$ ≤0·5) differences. In contrast, the comparisons of the pooled SEANUTS sample with WHO revealed large differences in certain percentiles.ConclusionsThe findings of the present study support the use of percentile values derived from the pooled SEANUTS sample for evaluating the weight status of children in each SEANUTS country. Nevertheless, large differences were observed in certain percentiles values when SEANUTS and WHO reference values were compared.

Current status of nutrition labelling and claims in the South-East Asian region: are we in harmony?

2002 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. S80-S86 ◽  
Author(s):  
E-Siong Tee ◽  
Suryani Tamin ◽  
Rosmulyati Ilyas ◽  
Adelisa Ramos ◽  
Wei-Ling Tan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
East Asian ◽  
Current Status ◽  
The South ◽  
South East Asian Region ◽  
Nutrition Labelling ◽  
East Asian Region ◽  
Asian Region

scholarly journals Exploring Indonesia’s “low hospital bed utilization-low bed occupancy-high disease burden” paradox

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niyi Awofeso ◽  
Anu Rammohan ◽  
Ainy Asmaripa
Keyword(s):  
East Asian ◽  
Bed Occupancy ◽  
The South ◽  
South East Asian Region ◽  
East Asian Region ◽  
Asian Region ◽  
Out Of Pocket Payments ◽  
Hospital Bed ◽  
Occupancy Rates ◽  
Bed Occupancy Rates

Indonesia’s current hospital bed to population ratio of 6.3/10 000 population compares unfavourably with a global average of 30/10 000. Despite low hospital bed-to-population ratios and a significant “double burden” of disease, bed occupancy rates range between 55% - 60% in both government and private hospitals in Indonesia, compared with over 80% hospital bed occupancy rates for the South-East Asian region. Annual inpatient admission in Indonesia is, at 140/1 0 000 population, the lowest in the South East Asian region. Despite currently low utilisation rates, Indonesia’s Human Resources for Health Development Plan 2011-2025 has among its objectives the raising of hospital bed numbers to 10/10 000 population by 2014. The authors examined the reasons for the paradox and analysed the following contributory factors; health system’s shortcomings; epidemiological transition; medical tourism; high out-of-pocket payments; patronage of traditional medical practitioners, and increasing use of outpatient care. Suggestions for addressing the paradox are proposed.

Assembly and division of the South and South-East Asian flora in relation to tectonics and climate change

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 209-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Morley
Keyword(s):  
Plate Tectonics ◽  
East Asian ◽  
North India ◽  
Indian Plate ◽  
The South ◽  
South East Asian Region ◽  
Plant Dispersal ◽  
Seasonally Dry ◽  
East Asian Region ◽  
Asian Region

Abstract:The main phases of plant dispersal into, and out of the South-East Asian region are discussed in relation to plate tectonics and changing climates. The South-East Asian area was a backwater of angiosperm evolution until the collision of the Indian Plate with Asia during the early Cenozoic. The Late Cretaceous remains poorly understood, but the Paleocene topography was mountainous, and the climate was probably seasonally dry, with the result that frost-tolerant conifers were common in upland areas and a low-diversity East Asian aspect flora occurred at low altitudes. India's drift into the perhumid low latitudes during the Eocene brought opportunities for the dispersal into South-East Asia of diverse groups of megathermal angiosperms which originated in West Gondwana. They successfully dispersed and became established across the South-East Asian region, initially carried by wind or birds, beginning at about 49 Ma, and with a terrestrial connection after about 41 Ma. Many Paleocene lineages probably went extinct, but a few dispersed in the opposite direction into India. The Oligocene was a time of seasonally dry climates except along the eastern and southern seaboard of Sundaland, but with the collision of the Australian Plate with Sunda at the end of the Oligocene widespread perhumid conditions became established across the region. The uplift of the Himalaya, coinciding with the middle Miocene thermal maximum, created opportunities for South-East Asian evergreen taxa to disperse into north India, and then with the late Miocene strengthening of the Indian monsoon, seasonally dry conditions expanded across India and Indochina, resulting eventually in the disappearance of closed forest over much of the Indian peninsula. This drying affected Sunda, but it is thought unlikely that a ‘savanna’ corridor was present across Sunda during the Pleistocene. Some dispersals from Australasia occurred following its collision with Sunda and following the uplift of New Guinea and the islands of Wallacea, Gondwanan montane taxa also found their way into the region. Phases of uplift across the Sunda region created opportunities for allopatric speciation and further dispersal opportunities. There is abundant evidence to suggest that the Pleistocene refuge theory applies to the South-East Asian region.

scholarly journals HEIGTH, WEIGHT AND BMI CENTILES OF SCHOOLCHILDREN OF ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA: COMPARISON WITH WHO AND CDC GROWTH REFERENCES

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4(73)) ◽  
pp. 10-17
Author(s):  
M Munkhzaya ◽  
N Khuderchuluun ◽  
O Chimedsuren ◽  
L Undram
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Old Age ◽  
School Children ◽  
Growth Curves ◽  
Growth Charts ◽  
Scale Growth ◽  
Growth Reference ◽  
Reference Curves ◽  
Lms Method ◽  
Growth References

Background: In Mongolia, children’s growth monitored by WHO and CDC growth charts. The purpose of the study was to compare the growth of UB school children with the WHO and CDC growth reference curves. Methods: 8046 pupils aged 6-17 years old participated in the study. The subjects were sampled 4044 boys and 4002 girls. Height and weight were measured with Physician Beam Scale. Growth references were generated by the LMS method. The centiles were compared to the WHO and CDC. The 3rd, 50th and 97th centiles were plotted along with the corresponding values of WHO and CDC. Results: In Mongolian children the overall height was below compared to both WHO and CDC references, with the highest differences at 12-17 years, 14-17 years and 13-17 years of age at P3, P50 and P97 respectively. Body weight in girls of UB city was slightly heavier compared to the WHO and CDC counterparts on the 3rd and 50th centiles, but on the 97th centile the WHO and CDC counterparts became significantly heavier than Mongolian girls, especially at the 12-17 years of age. Body weight in boys of UB city was lighter than the WHO and CDC references at 12-17 years old age. In Mongolian children BMI was greater on the 3rd centile. But on the 50th centile the BMI of Mongolian boys became smaller at 14-17 years old compared to WHO and CDC references Conclusion: The height, weight and BMI values of developed growth curves for Mongolian school children differ compared to the WHO and CDC growth references, especially for schoolchildren aged 12 years and upwards.

Rabies elimination: Thailand leads the way for different nations in the South-East Asian region

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
SaurabhRamBihariLal Shrivastava ◽  
PrateekSaurabh Shrivastava
Keyword(s):  
East Asian ◽  
The South ◽  
South East Asian Region ◽  
East Asian Region ◽  
Asian Region ◽  
The Way

scholarly journals Rapid identification of female Culex mosquito species using Expert System in the South East Asian region

2005 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Upadhyayula Suryanarayana Murty ◽  
Duvvuri Venkata Rama Satya Kumar ◽  
Mutheneni Srinivasa Rao ◽  
Rachel Reuben ◽  
Satish Chandra Tewari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Expert System ◽  
Mosquito Species ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Rapid Identification ◽  
Culex Mosquito ◽  
The South ◽  
South East Asian Region ◽  
East Asian Region ◽  
Asian Region
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