Malnutrition in school children in an urban-rural region of the extreme South of São Paulo city

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the persistence of nutritional deficit in a sample of schoolchildren. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 1,761 schoolchildren between 6 and 10 years from 3 schools. They were assessed by Z scores of weight for height and height for age, according to the World Healt...

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Main Authors: Marcela Maria Pandolfi, Fabio Sandrini, Maurício Rocco de Oliveira, Jane de Eston Armond, Ana Cristina Ribeiro Zöllner, Yara Juliano, Patrícia Colombo de Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2011-12-01
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082011000400508&tlng=en