Nutritional characteristics of afro-descendant schoolchildren of Colombian pacific southwest coast

This paper provides a current diagnosis on the nutritional status of schoolchildren of pacific coast of Cauca in Colombia. A secondary analysis of publicly available anthropometric data was performed. BMI/Age and H/Age indices, nutritional classification and their association with gender, ethnicity,...

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Autores principales:	Ortega B,Rubén Andrés, Basto T,Néstor Raúl, Chito T,Diana María
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad Chilena de Nutrición, Bromatología y Toxicología 2016
Materias:	ethnic groups body mass index stunting nutritional status child development
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-751820160003000042016-12-19Nutritional characteristics of afro-descendant schoolchildren of Colombian pacific southwest coastOrtega B,Rubén AndrésBasto T,Néstor RaúlChito T,Diana María ethnic groups body mass index stunting nutritional status child development This paper provides a current diagnosis on the nutritional status of schoolchildren of pacific coast of Cauca in Colombia. A secondary analysis of publicly available anthropometric data was performed. BMI/Age and H/Age indices, nutritional classification and their association with gender, ethnicity, age and geographical area of 6793 students aged 5 to 18 years of the municipalities of Guapi, Lopez de Micay and Timbiquí were determined. Normality was the prevalent nutritional status in the three municipalities for schoolchildren of all ages according to BMI and height (65.7% and 59.3 %, respectively); Guapi was found to be the main contributor. There was no significant differences of BMI and region among males and females. Adolescents between 12 and 14 years old had percentages of stunting significantly higher than other age ranges. Results highlight the need to identify, measure and monitor indicators of health, food habits and sociodemographic aspects of schoolchildren in this region to strictly explore whether Colombian black children fit WHO patterns and to provide specific information for successful national nutrition policy planning for this population.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de Nutrición, Bromatología y ToxicologíaRevista chilena de nutrición v.43 n.3 20162016-09-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-75182016000300004en10.4067/S0717-75182016000300004
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spellingShingle	ethnic groups body mass index stunting nutritional status child development Ortega B,Rubén Andrés Basto T,Néstor Raúl Chito T,Diana María Nutritional characteristics of afro-descendant schoolchildren of Colombian pacific southwest coast
description	This paper provides a current diagnosis on the nutritional status of schoolchildren of pacific coast of Cauca in Colombia. A secondary analysis of publicly available anthropometric data was performed. BMI/Age and H/Age indices, nutritional classification and their association with gender, ethnicity, age and geographical area of 6793 students aged 5 to 18 years of the municipalities of Guapi, Lopez de Micay and Timbiquí were determined. Normality was the prevalent nutritional status in the three municipalities for schoolchildren of all ages according to BMI and height (65.7% and 59.3 %, respectively); Guapi was found to be the main contributor. There was no significant differences of BMI and region among males and females. Adolescents between 12 and 14 years old had percentages of stunting significantly higher than other age ranges. Results highlight the need to identify, measure and monitor indicators of health, food habits and sociodemographic aspects of schoolchildren in this region to strictly explore whether Colombian black children fit WHO patterns and to provide specific information for successful national nutrition policy planning for this population.
author	Ortega B,Rubén Andrés Basto T,Néstor Raúl Chito T,Diana María
author_facet	Ortega B,Rubén Andrés Basto T,Néstor Raúl Chito T,Diana María
author_sort	Ortega B,Rubén Andrés
title	Nutritional characteristics of afro-descendant schoolchildren of Colombian pacific southwest coast
title_short	Nutritional characteristics of afro-descendant schoolchildren of Colombian pacific southwest coast
title_full	Nutritional characteristics of afro-descendant schoolchildren of Colombian pacific southwest coast
title_fullStr	Nutritional characteristics of afro-descendant schoolchildren of Colombian pacific southwest coast
title_full_unstemmed	Nutritional characteristics of afro-descendant schoolchildren of Colombian pacific southwest coast
title_sort	nutritional characteristics of afro-descendant schoolchildren of colombian pacific southwest coast
publisher	Sociedad Chilena de Nutrición, Bromatología y Toxicología
publishDate	2016
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-75182016000300004
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Nutritional characteristics of afro-descendant schoolchildren of Colombian pacific southwest coast

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