Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of nutritional status of school-children from Bumbire Island (United Republic of Tanzania)
| Autor: | Giovanni Carmignani, Deodatus Tiba, Elisabetta Marini, Gabriele Carmignani, Ornella Comandini, Alessandro Cipriano |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Male Adolescent Nutritional Status Overweight Tanzania 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Thinness Environmental health Genetics medicine Prevalence Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Longitudinal Studies Child Students Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Growth Disorders 030109 nutrition & dietetics biology business.industry Malnutrition Nutritional status Anthropometry Micronutrient biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Diet Cross-Sectional Studies Socioeconomic Factors Anthropology Child Preschool Female Anatomy Underweight medicine.symptom Linear growth business |
| Zdroj: | American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council. 30(3) |
| ISSN: | 1520-6300 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE To analyze the nutritional status of schoolchildren from Bumbire Island (Tanzania) from cross-sectional and longitudinal perspectives. METHODS During 2014 and 2015, we collected anthropometric measurements in a sample of 437 schoolchildren (226 males, 211 females; 5-16 years). A sub-sample of 126 children were measured in both surveys. Socio-demographic data have been taken and dietary habits investigated. The accuracy of age data was checked. Malnutrition prevalence was calculated according to the WHO references and the z-score criteria. RESULTS The prevalence of undernutrition was high (stunting: 30.7%; underweight: 12.9%; thinness: 4.5%), while overweight was rare (2.4%). The prevalence of stunting was higher in males and in older children. The one-year longitudinal analysis indicated that stunting prevalence increased. CONCLUSIONS Undernutrition is affecting Bumbire Island children, likely due to micronutrient deficiencies. The effects of linear growth deficit continue to accumulate throughout childhood and adolescent years. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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