Mối liên quan giữa kiến thức và thực hành dinh dưỡng của bà mẹ với tình trạng dinh dưỡng của trẻ

Nutrition plays a very important role in the comprehensive development of children. Malnutrition can be life-threatening for children by weakening the immune system and making children more susceptible to death from common diseases such as diarrhea, pneumonia, etc. Objective: To assess the relationship between nutritional knowledge and practices of mothers and nutritional status of children. Subjects and research methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 250 children aged from 6-24 months visiting the Nutrition Clinic, at National Children's Hospital. Results: The risk of malnutrition in the group of children who ate complementary foods at the wrong time was 2.08 times higher than the group of children who ate complementary foods at the right time, the risk of malnutrition in the group of children who ate complementary foods incorrectly was 3.9 times higher than the group of children who ate correctly (p < 0.05). The duration of each meal more than 30 minutes increased the risk of malnutrition 4.06 times. Conclusion: Mothers with good nutritional knowledge and practices help children have less risk of malnutrition.