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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1978 24(5):203-206; doi:10.1093/tropej/24.5.203
© 1978 by Oxford University Press
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The Prevalence and Severity of Protein—Calorie Malnutrition in Sudanese Children

SALAH ALI TAHA, M.D., F.R.C.P. *

Ministry of Health Sudan

One thousand two hundred and ninety-one Sudanese children aged six months to four years, living in the Gezira, a farming community considered to be prosperous relative to other parts of the Sudan, were examined. Clinical and anthropometric measurements were recorded. These showed a tendency to drop below Caucasian standards of weight, height, mid-arm circumference and triceps skinfold thiekness, starting about the age of six months. Only 47% of the children were found to be well nourished; of the remainder 1% had severe, 17% moderate and 35% mild protein—calorie malnutrition. Together with the data collected from two other different areas, the findings of this study indicate that malnutrition is a grave paediajric problem in the Sudan.


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