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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| author | Marcela Maria Pandolfi Fabio Sandrini Maurício Rocco de Oliveira Jane de Eston Armond Ana Cristina Ribeiro Zöllner Yara Juliano Patrícia Colombo de Souza |
| author_facet | Marcela Maria Pandolfi Fabio Sandrini Maurício Rocco de Oliveira Jane de Eston Armond Ana Cristina Ribeiro Zöllner Yara Juliano Patrícia Colombo de Souza |
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| description | 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 Health Organization. The variables studied were gender, age, grade and school year. The χ² test was used to relate the nutritional deficit with the variables. Results: Of all children 8.5% were malnourished according to the weight for height Z score, 21.6%, according to height for age. The analysis of the weight for height Z score revealed that 59.7% were male and 40.3% female. The mean age was 8.9 years. As to the Z score of height for age, 53.9% were males and 46.1% females. The risk of malnutrition was higher among boys: 59.7% for the weight for height index and 53.9% for height for age. There was no statistical difference between schools, gender and school year. As to nutritional status, school period (p < 0.0001) and students’ grade (p = 0.0105), we observed statistical significance. Conclusion: Malnutrition still persists among the low-income population and males had a higher percentage of malnutrition. Nutritional evaluation of students is an extremely important tool for understanding the dynamics of child nutrition and development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0a4d74f8145948d1bdaf622471e62b962022-12-21T19:22:31ZengInstituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert EinsteinEinstein (São Paulo)2317-63852011-12-019450851310.1590/s1679-45082011ao2045Malnutrition in school children in an urban-rural region of the extreme South of São Paulo cityMarcela Maria PandolfiFabio SandriniMaurício Rocco de OliveiraJane de Eston ArmondAna Cristina Ribeiro ZöllnerYara JulianoPatrícia Colombo de SouzaABSTRACT 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 Health Organization. The variables studied were gender, age, grade and school year. The χ² test was used to relate the nutritional deficit with the variables. Results: Of all children 8.5% were malnourished according to the weight for height Z score, 21.6%, according to height for age. The analysis of the weight for height Z score revealed that 59.7% were male and 40.3% female. The mean age was 8.9 years. As to the Z score of height for age, 53.9% were males and 46.1% females. The risk of malnutrition was higher among boys: 59.7% for the weight for height index and 53.9% for height for age. There was no statistical difference between schools, gender and school year. As to nutritional status, school period (p < 0.0001) and students’ grade (p = 0.0105), we observed statistical significance. Conclusion: Malnutrition still persists among the low-income population and males had a higher percentage of malnutrition. Nutritional evaluation of students is an extremely important tool for understanding the dynamics of child nutrition and development.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082011000400508&tlng=enProtein-energy malnutritionNutritional statusNutritional assessmentChild nutrition |
| spellingShingle | Marcela Maria Pandolfi Fabio Sandrini Maurício Rocco de Oliveira Jane de Eston Armond Ana Cristina Ribeiro Zöllner Yara Juliano Patrícia Colombo de Souza Malnutrition in school children in an urban-rural region of the extreme South of São Paulo city Einstein (São Paulo) Protein-energy malnutrition Nutritional status Nutritional assessment Child nutrition |
| title | Malnutrition in school children in an urban-rural region of the extreme South of São Paulo city |
| title_full | Malnutrition in school children in an urban-rural region of the extreme South of São Paulo city |
| title_fullStr | Malnutrition in school children in an urban-rural region of the extreme South of São Paulo city |
| title_full_unstemmed | Malnutrition in school children in an urban-rural region of the extreme South of São Paulo city |
| title_short | Malnutrition in school children in an urban-rural region of the extreme South of São Paulo city |
| title_sort | malnutrition in school children in an urban rural region of the extreme south of sao paulo city |
| topic | Protein-energy malnutrition Nutritional status Nutritional assessment Child nutrition |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082011000400508&tlng=en |
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