Nutritional status of children aged 6 to 12 years in Tebessa (Algeria)

The nutritional status of the child is influenced by several factors including breastfeeding birth weight and certain socio-economic factors particularly household income. Among the nutritional problems encountered in children malnutrition can take the form of wasting stunting underweight or overweight. The anthropometric indicators weight-for-height height-for-age and weight-for-age are used to assess malnutrition by deficiency or excess using the Z-score or percentile in relation to the median of the reference population. Among the problems of deficiency malnutrition anemia is a global public health problem affecting mostly women and children. Martial deficiency remains the major cause of nutritional anemia.