ANÁLISE DA INFLUÊNCIA DE DETERMINADOS FATORES SOBRE O ESTADO NUTRICIONAL DE CRIANÇAS RESIDENTES EM COMUNIDADES RURAIS DE DIAMANTINA-MG

Autor: Paola A. A. FERREIRA, Gustavo H.B. PASCOAL, Milton C. RIBEIRO, Emerson C. BODEVAN, Daisy R.F. FERNANDES, Sheyla R.R. MARTINS, Ana Paula F.C. VANZELA, Marcos L.P. PINHEIRO, Leida Calegário de OLIVEIRA
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Revista da Universidade Vale do Rio Verde, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 89-106 (2011)
ISSN: 2236-5362
1517-0276
Popis: Breast milking is worldwide considered one of the fundamental pillars for health promotion andprotection. In spite of its generally recognized importance, rates of breast milking alone are still low in mostcountries, and its lasting is unsatisfactory. This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional condition of 5-9 years oldchildren in correlation with the variables duration of breast milking alone, family income, mother’s literacy andnumber of family members. The study was performed with children dwelling in nine rural communities fromDiamantina-MG, Brazil. In order to evaluate the nutritional condition, it was utilized anthropometric measures ofweight and height. Indexers were constructed and cut-off values were established in accordance to the curves of theNational Center for Health Statistic - NCHS. The variables were obtained by means of a questionnaire developed bythe authors. A number of 149 children were randomly choosen (n value for a significance of 0.05 and test power of0.9). Results showed that 76.87% of the children presented normal nutritional conditions, while 19.73% were innutritional risk since they were underweight and presented evidences of malnutrition, whereas 3.4% wereoverweight. Data indicated that the nutrition risk were predominant for children who were not exclusively breastmilkeduntil the 6th month. It was also observed that the nutritional condition is influenced by the number of familymembers and by mother’s literacy. Therefore, rural populations, mainly composed by low-income families withimpaired healthy assistance, are being exposed to nutritional risk, whereas some reverting intervention is required.
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