Malnutrition and socio-environmental heterogeneity. An analysis of urban school children aged 9 to 16 years living in La Plata, Argentina

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This article aims to assess if malnutrition can be linked to specific socio-environmental characteristics. Weight and height were gathered and BMI calculated for 1334 students of both sexes aged 9 to 16, attending schools in the city of La Plata. Semi-structured interviews provided socio-environment...

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Autor principal: Torres, María Fernanda
Formato: publishedVersion Artículo
Lenguaje:Español
Español
Publicado: Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas 2016
Materias:
Wasting
Stunting
Excess Weight
Schoolchildren
Anthropometry
Desnutrición Aguda
Desnutrición Crónica
Exceso de Peso
Escolares
Antropometría
Desnutrição Aguda
Desnutrição Crônica
Excesso de Peso
Antropometria
Acceso en línea:http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/runa/article/view/341
http://repositorio.filo.uba.ar/handle/filodigital/2185
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Español
topic Wasting
Stunting
Excess Weight
Schoolchildren
Anthropometry
Desnutrición Aguda
Desnutrición Crónica
Exceso de Peso
Escolares
Antropometría
Desnutrição Aguda
Desnutrição Crônica
Excesso de Peso
Escolares
Antropometria
spellingShingle Wasting
Stunting
Excess Weight
Schoolchildren
Anthropometry
Desnutrición Aguda
Desnutrición Crónica
Exceso de Peso
Escolares
Antropometría
Desnutrição Aguda
Desnutrição Crônica
Excesso de Peso
Escolares
Antropometria
Torres, María Fernanda
Malnutrition and socio-environmental heterogeneity. An analysis of urban school children aged 9 to 16 years living in La Plata, Argentina
topic_facet Wasting
Stunting
Excess Weight
Schoolchildren
Anthropometry
Desnutrición Aguda
Desnutrición Crónica
Exceso de Peso
Escolares
Antropometría
Desnutrição Aguda
Desnutrição Crônica
Excesso de Peso
Escolares
Antropometria
description This article aims to assess if malnutrition can be linked to specific socio-environmental characteristics. Weight and height were gathered and BMI calculated for 1334 students of both sexes aged 9 to 16, attending schools in the city of La Plata. Semi-structured interviews provided socio-environmental information, where two different groups were discriminated through Principal Component Analysis (favorable/least favorable). Nutritional status was identified by anthropometry and associated indexes, using international reference. Prevalence of malnutrition and excess weight according to age, sex and origin were determined and compared by Chi2. 25% of the sample showed an altered nutritional status. Stunting was higher in the less favorable group (3.6% vs. 10.9%: Chi2 11.66; p < 0.01); Wasting was higher in the more favorable group (5.3% vs 1.7%: Chi2 27.63; p < 0.01), especially among women; excess weight was similar in both groups (~ 15%; p> 0.05), exhibiting significant sexual differences only in the favorable group. The nutritional status accounts for the higher adaptive cost in an unfavorable environment.
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author Torres, María Fernanda
author_facet Torres, María Fernanda
author_sort Torres, María Fernanda
title Malnutrition and socio-environmental heterogeneity. An analysis of urban school children aged 9 to 16 years living in La Plata, Argentina
title_short Malnutrition and socio-environmental heterogeneity. An analysis of urban school children aged 9 to 16 years living in La Plata, Argentina
title_full Malnutrition and socio-environmental heterogeneity. An analysis of urban school children aged 9 to 16 years living in La Plata, Argentina
title_fullStr Malnutrition and socio-environmental heterogeneity. An analysis of urban school children aged 9 to 16 years living in La Plata, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Malnutrition and socio-environmental heterogeneity. An analysis of urban school children aged 9 to 16 years living in La Plata, Argentina
title_sort malnutrition and socio-environmental heterogeneity. an analysis of urban school children aged 9 to 16 years living in la plata, argentina
publisher Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas
publishDate 2016
url http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/runa/article/view/341
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