État nutritionnel et environnement pathogène d’enfants d’une population forestière du Sud-Cameroun

Growth in height and weight is considered as indicators of nutritional status; they respond to both genetic and environmental factors such as nutritional value of the diet, exposition to infectious and parasitic diseases, sociocultural and psychoaffective context. This study concerns the relationshi...

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Main Authors: Olivier Bernard, Hélène Pagezy, Daniel Bley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société d'Anthropologie de Paris 2001-06-01
Series:Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/bmsap/6014
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description Growth in height and weight is considered as indicators of nutritional status; they respond to both genetic and environmental factors such as nutritional value of the diet, exposition to infectious and parasitic diseases, sociocultural and psychoaffective context. This study concerns the relationship between splenomegaly as an indicator of a chronic context of parasitic load and the growth in height or weight of preschool children from rainforest Southern Cameroon. The anthropometric study shows that 31,6% of the 0-6 years old children are stunded and 3,6% wasted. The height retardation follows the evolution of the spenomegaly. The results are in accordance with the importance of infectious factors, especially paludism in the installation and the perenniality of a chronic malnutrition status.
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spelling doaj.art-563c5ece21a9422da0644532e2e067b12023-09-03T12:07:45ZengSociété d'Anthropologie de ParisBulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris1777-54692001-06-0113210.4000/bmsap.6014État nutritionnel et environnement pathogène d’enfants d’une population forestière du Sud-CamerounOlivier BernardHélène PagezyDaniel BleyGrowth in height and weight is considered as indicators of nutritional status; they respond to both genetic and environmental factors such as nutritional value of the diet, exposition to infectious and parasitic diseases, sociocultural and psychoaffective context. This study concerns the relationship between splenomegaly as an indicator of a chronic context of parasitic load and the growth in height or weight of preschool children from rainforest Southern Cameroon. The anthropometric study shows that 31,6% of the 0-6 years old children are stunded and 3,6% wasted. The height retardation follows the evolution of the spenomegaly. The results are in accordance with the importance of infectious factors, especially paludism in the installation and the perenniality of a chronic malnutrition status.http://journals.openedition.org/bmsap/6014nutritional statusgrowth retardationsplenomegalytropical forest
spellingShingle Olivier Bernard
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État nutritionnel et environnement pathogène d’enfants d’une population forestière du Sud-Cameroun
Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris
nutritional status
growth retardation
splenomegaly
tropical forest
title État nutritionnel et environnement pathogène d’enfants d’une population forestière du Sud-Cameroun
title_full État nutritionnel et environnement pathogène d’enfants d’une population forestière du Sud-Cameroun
title_fullStr État nutritionnel et environnement pathogène d’enfants d’une population forestière du Sud-Cameroun
title_full_unstemmed État nutritionnel et environnement pathogène d’enfants d’une population forestière du Sud-Cameroun
title_short État nutritionnel et environnement pathogène d’enfants d’une population forestière du Sud-Cameroun
title_sort etat nutritionnel et environnement pathogene d enfants d une population forestiere du sud cameroun
topic nutritional status
growth retardation
splenomegaly
tropical forest
url http://journals.openedition.org/bmsap/6014
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