NUTRITIONAL STATUS, CLINICAL SIGNALS OF NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES AND SOCIAL VULNERABILITY AMONG CHILDREN FROM THE SEMI-ARID REGION OF PARAIBA

Objective: To analyze the anthropometric nutritional status and clinical signs of nutritional deficiencies by social vulnerability status of children aged 0-9 years enrolled in day care centers and municipal public schools in the city of Cuité, Paraíba. Methods: A cross-sectional study with the conv...

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Main Authors: José Lucas Braga Santos, Poliana de Araújo Palmeira, Vanille Valério Barbosa Pessoa Cardoso, Marília Ferreira Frazão
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Language:English
Published: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 2016-05-01
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Online Access:https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/index.php/demetra/article/view/20064
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author José Lucas Braga Santos
Poliana de Araújo Palmeira
Vanille Valério Barbosa Pessoa Cardoso
Marília Ferreira Frazão
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Poliana de Araújo Palmeira
Vanille Valério Barbosa Pessoa Cardoso
Marília Ferreira Frazão
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description Objective: To analyze the anthropometric nutritional status and clinical signs of nutritional deficiencies by social vulnerability status of children aged 0-9 years enrolled in day care centers and municipal public schools in the city of Cuité, Paraíba. Methods: A cross-sectional study with the convenience sample composed by 629 children. Family social information was collected and classified according to the poverty line. Anthropometric measurements were performed and nutritional semiology was performed to determine nutritional status. Results: The prevalence of overweight children prevailed underweight children between both of income groups analyzed. It was possible to verify the presence of 3 to 5 signals of clinical alterations related with nutritional deficiencies in about 20% of children who live in families above and below the poverty line. However, It was verified that children who show from 3 to 5 deficiency signs and are included in families who live below the poverty line presented higher weight deficit percentage (19,5%) than overweight (15,6%). For children from families who live above the poverty line with the same clinical alterations, the prevalence of overweight (20%) was significantly higher than underweight (8,9%), proving that the presence of signs of nutritional deficiencies are also present in children with opposite weight characteristics. Conclusion: Therefore, for different conditions of social vulnerability, it is possible to perceive the presence of a double burden of diseases derived from eating habits: The overweight and the deficiency of specific nutrients, typical characteristics from the contemporary process of the Brazilian nutritional transition. DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2016.20064
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spelling doaj.art-cbebb2bcc95e4e3d82b39cdab3a69bd22022-12-22T01:57:28ZengUniversidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroDemetra2238-913X2016-05-011141031104810.12957/demetra.2016.2006413190NUTRITIONAL STATUS, CLINICAL SIGNALS OF NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES AND SOCIAL VULNERABILITY AMONG CHILDREN FROM THE SEMI-ARID REGION OF PARAIBAJosé Lucas Braga Santos0Poliana de Araújo Palmeira1Vanille Valério Barbosa Pessoa Cardoso2Marília Ferreira Frazão3Universidade Federal de Campina GrandeUniversidade Federal de Campina GrandeUniversidade Federal de Campina GrandeUniversidade Federal de Campina GrandeObjective: To analyze the anthropometric nutritional status and clinical signs of nutritional deficiencies by social vulnerability status of children aged 0-9 years enrolled in day care centers and municipal public schools in the city of Cuité, Paraíba. Methods: A cross-sectional study with the convenience sample composed by 629 children. Family social information was collected and classified according to the poverty line. Anthropometric measurements were performed and nutritional semiology was performed to determine nutritional status. Results: The prevalence of overweight children prevailed underweight children between both of income groups analyzed. It was possible to verify the presence of 3 to 5 signals of clinical alterations related with nutritional deficiencies in about 20% of children who live in families above and below the poverty line. However, It was verified that children who show from 3 to 5 deficiency signs and are included in families who live below the poverty line presented higher weight deficit percentage (19,5%) than overweight (15,6%). For children from families who live above the poverty line with the same clinical alterations, the prevalence of overweight (20%) was significantly higher than underweight (8,9%), proving that the presence of signs of nutritional deficiencies are also present in children with opposite weight characteristics. Conclusion: Therefore, for different conditions of social vulnerability, it is possible to perceive the presence of a double burden of diseases derived from eating habits: The overweight and the deficiency of specific nutrients, typical characteristics from the contemporary process of the Brazilian nutritional transition. DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2016.20064https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/index.php/demetra/article/view/20064estado nutricional. deficiências nutricionais. crianças. pobreza.
spellingShingle José Lucas Braga Santos
Poliana de Araújo Palmeira
Vanille Valério Barbosa Pessoa Cardoso
Marília Ferreira Frazão
NUTRITIONAL STATUS, CLINICAL SIGNALS OF NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES AND SOCIAL VULNERABILITY AMONG CHILDREN FROM THE SEMI-ARID REGION OF PARAIBA
Demetra
estado nutricional. deficiências nutricionais. crianças. pobreza.
title NUTRITIONAL STATUS, CLINICAL SIGNALS OF NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES AND SOCIAL VULNERABILITY AMONG CHILDREN FROM THE SEMI-ARID REGION OF PARAIBA
title_full NUTRITIONAL STATUS, CLINICAL SIGNALS OF NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES AND SOCIAL VULNERABILITY AMONG CHILDREN FROM THE SEMI-ARID REGION OF PARAIBA
title_fullStr NUTRITIONAL STATUS, CLINICAL SIGNALS OF NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES AND SOCIAL VULNERABILITY AMONG CHILDREN FROM THE SEMI-ARID REGION OF PARAIBA
title_full_unstemmed NUTRITIONAL STATUS, CLINICAL SIGNALS OF NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES AND SOCIAL VULNERABILITY AMONG CHILDREN FROM THE SEMI-ARID REGION OF PARAIBA
title_short NUTRITIONAL STATUS, CLINICAL SIGNALS OF NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES AND SOCIAL VULNERABILITY AMONG CHILDREN FROM THE SEMI-ARID REGION OF PARAIBA
title_sort nutritional status clinical signals of nutritional deficiencies and social vulnerability among children from the semi arid region of paraiba
topic estado nutricional. deficiências nutricionais. crianças. pobreza.
url https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/index.php/demetra/article/view/20064
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