Child nutritional status and food practices and representations in vulnerable collectives of the periurban area of La Plata
The aim of this study was to improve knowledge of the nutritional status of children and family food practices and representations in vulnerable populations living in the peri-urban area of La Plata. To this end, a cross-sectional anthropometric study was carried out on 581 schoolchildren aged 6-12...
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Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA
2025
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/runa/article/view/16775 |
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| Sumario: | The aim of this study was to improve knowledge of the nutritional status of children and family food practices and representations in vulnerable populations living in the peri-urban area of La Plata. To this end, a cross-sectional anthropometric study was carried out on 581 schoolchildren aged 6-12 years, and nutritional categories were determined on the basis of body weight, height and body mass index. Socioeconomic and environmental characteristicsof residence and family food practices and representations were also assessed. The results confirm the socio-economic and environmental vulnerability of the population studied and the coexistence of the two faces of child malnutrition, with an apparent substitution of undernutrition by overweight. The practices and representations related to eating that families use in their own context and daily lives are also identified. |
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