Comparación del estado nutricional entre escolares indígenas y no indígenas

Background: The few studies in Chile assessing the nutritional status of indigenous children show a high prevalence of stunting, excess weight and feeding problems. Aim: to compare anthropometric indices in children from indigenous and non indigenous ancestry. Subjects and methods: school children a...

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Autores principales:	Amigo C,Hugo, Bustos M,Patricia, Erazo B,Marcia, Radrigán K,María Eugenia
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 1999
Materias:	Ethnic groups Growth disorders Nutrition assessment Nutrition status Nutrition surveys
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988719990008000032005-11-14Comparación del estado nutricional entre escolares indígenas y no indígenasAmigo C,HugoBustos M,PatriciaErazo B,MarciaRadrigán K,María Eugenia Ethnic groups Growth disorders Nutrition assessment Nutrition status Nutrition surveys Background: The few studies in Chile assessing the nutritional status of indigenous children show a high prevalence of stunting, excess weight and feeding problems. Aim: to compare anthropometric indices in children from indigenous and non indigenous ancestry. Subjects and methods: school children aged 6 to 8 years old, living in locations with three clear cut levels of social vulnerability were studied. Children were considered indigenous if their last names, as well as those of their parents were of Mapuche origin. Non indigenous were those whose last names were of Spanish origin. Results: four hundred and fifty indigenous and 684 non indigenous children were studied. Indigenous children from high vulnerability communities were approximately 0.5 z score shorter than those of non indigenous origin. Heights of indigenous and non indigenous children were similar in communities with intermediate and low social vulnerability. The proportion of the lower segment followed the same trend. Weight/height ratios were higher among indigenous children in the three vulnerability levels. Among indigenous children coming from areas of low vulnerability arm circumference was 1 cm broader than that of their non indigenous counterparts. Conclusions: stunting is prevalent among school children from areas of high socioeconomic vulnerability, mainly rural, and independent from ethnicity. Among indigenous school children overweight and a broader arm circumference are frequent. These results urgently call for located and specific nutrition interventionsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.127 n.8 19991999-08-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98871999000800003es10.4067/S0034-98871999000800003
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spellingShingle	Ethnic groups Growth disorders Nutrition assessment Nutrition status Nutrition surveys Amigo C,Hugo Bustos M,Patricia Erazo B,Marcia Radrigán K,María Eugenia Comparación del estado nutricional entre escolares indígenas y no indígenas
description	Background: The few studies in Chile assessing the nutritional status of indigenous children show a high prevalence of stunting, excess weight and feeding problems. Aim: to compare anthropometric indices in children from indigenous and non indigenous ancestry. Subjects and methods: school children aged 6 to 8 years old, living in locations with three clear cut levels of social vulnerability were studied. Children were considered indigenous if their last names, as well as those of their parents were of Mapuche origin. Non indigenous were those whose last names were of Spanish origin. Results: four hundred and fifty indigenous and 684 non indigenous children were studied. Indigenous children from high vulnerability communities were approximately 0.5 z score shorter than those of non indigenous origin. Heights of indigenous and non indigenous children were similar in communities with intermediate and low social vulnerability. The proportion of the lower segment followed the same trend. Weight/height ratios were higher among indigenous children in the three vulnerability levels. Among indigenous children coming from areas of low vulnerability arm circumference was 1 cm broader than that of their non indigenous counterparts. Conclusions: stunting is prevalent among school children from areas of high socioeconomic vulnerability, mainly rural, and independent from ethnicity. Among indigenous school children overweight and a broader arm circumference are frequent. These results urgently call for located and specific nutrition interventions
author	Amigo C,Hugo Bustos M,Patricia Erazo B,Marcia Radrigán K,María Eugenia
author_facet	Amigo C,Hugo Bustos M,Patricia Erazo B,Marcia Radrigán K,María Eugenia
author_sort	Amigo C,Hugo
title	Comparación del estado nutricional entre escolares indígenas y no indígenas
title_short	Comparación del estado nutricional entre escolares indígenas y no indígenas
title_full	Comparación del estado nutricional entre escolares indígenas y no indígenas
title_fullStr	Comparación del estado nutricional entre escolares indígenas y no indígenas
title_full_unstemmed	Comparación del estado nutricional entre escolares indígenas y no indígenas
title_sort	comparación del estado nutricional entre escolares indígenas y no indígenas
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
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Comparación del estado nutricional entre escolares indígenas y no indígenas

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