Short Stature in Primary school children in Hun city, Libya

Abstract

Short stature is a common problem globally, Children suffering short in length have also been reported to be correlated with stigmatization and become introverted which can cause chronic psychosocial stress, also has been found SS causes many metabolic syndrome like obesity and type 2 diabetes. Short stature is defined as height or length below 3^rd per centile for that age and gender. This study amid to investigated the prevalence of short stature among primary public school students aged 8 years in the city of Hun. Methodology: data were collected from 333 students, 8 years old, in six different background primary schools in the city of Hun, height and weight were measured for all healthy children's data was plotted on suitable growth charts. The sum of all lower height and weight boys and girls were calculated in each school to make a percentage for each. Results In total of, 333 students aged 8years were screened 44 of them were found to have short stature, in percentage of 11.25% for boys, and 15.02% for girls, A study conducted in Saudi Arabia reported that the prevalence of short stature in children was 11.3% in boys and 10.5% in girls. In conclusion, this survey study revealed the extent prevalence of short stature among primary school children in the city of Hun, Libya.