Correlation between zinc intake and hair zinc levels to morbidity of infectious diseases in children aged 24-35 months in Jakarta

  • Dyah Arum Kusumaningtyas Universitas Indonesia – Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital
  • Diana Sunardi Universitas Indonesia – Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital
  • Rini Sekartini Universitas Indonesia – Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25220/WNJ.V05.S3.0028
Keywords: zinc intake, hair zinc level, morbidity of infectious disease, child

Abstract

According to WHO,  preventable diseases, including  infectious diseases, are the most common cause of death in children. Based on Indonesia's 2019 health profile data, the top five morbidity and mortality in children aged 1-4 years are acute respiratory tract infections (ARI) of (25.8%), pneumonia (21.7%), fever (14%), diarrhea and gastrointestinal disease (14.4%). Zinc has an important role in immunity especially for younger child  

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Author Biographies

Dyah Arum Kusumaningtyas, Universitas Indonesia – Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital
Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine
Diana Sunardi, Universitas Indonesia – Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital
Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine
Rini Sekartini, Universitas Indonesia – Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital
Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine

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Submitted

2022-03-25
Published
2022-05-31
Issue
Vol. 5 No. S3 (2022): Selected conference proceedings of the Nutri Virtual Symposium 2021
Section
Articles

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