摘要：The aim of this study is to evaluate risk factors of nutritional anemia in children aged 9 to 18 years. This research was performed in 918 children (mean age 15.03±2.48 years) living in the city of Timişoara and in surrounding areas. We observed that red meat is consumed more frequently by a higher percentage of boys compared to girls (17.0% versus 9.4%; χ²=1.54, p=0.21). We noticed that boys drink more milk than girls: 18.2% consume more than 2 drinks per day, compared to 8.2% (χ²=55.15, p<0.001). We found a statistically significant difference between boys and girls regarding fruits consumption (28.53% versus 43.01%; χ²=9.58, p=0.048) and juice drinking (34.15% versus 25.9%; χ²=12.77, p=0.012). Finally, we observed that there is no statistically significant difference between boys and girls regarding fast-food consumption (28.8% versus 19%; χ²=5.18, p=0.26).
关键词：Children; Risk factors; Iron deficiency anemia
