Child Nutritional Status in the Changing Socioeconomic Region of the Northern Amazon, Brazil
| Autor: | Mônica P L Cunha, José G. Dórea, Rejane C. Marques |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis lcsh:Medicine 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Review Overweight 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health Health care medicine Humans socio-environmental 030212 general & internal medicine Socioeconomic status child anthropometry Under-five Amazon rainforest business.industry Public health lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Nutritional status Anthropometry nutritional status Geography Socioeconomic Factors Child Preschool medicine.symptom Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena business Brazil |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 15, Iss 1, p 15 (2017) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | The living conditions (i.e., socioeconomic, healthcare-related, nutritional, and environmental) to which children are exposed may influence their ability to reach their optimal growth potential. This review focuses on the relationship between the nutritional status of children under five years of age and social and environmental factors in Northern Brazil. Children living in this region have limited access to healthcare and face precarious socioeconomic and environmental conditions. This analysis was based on data from national health surveys, the consolidated food, nutrition surveillance system (SISVAN), and indicators of the DPSEEA (driving force, pressure, state, exposures, health effects, and actions) framework. The northern region has the worst living conditions in the country, and children under five years of age have significant height-for-age, weight-for-age, and weight-for-height deficits. Concomitantly, the prevalence of children who are overweight has increased significantly, although it remains lower than that in more developed Brazilian regions. Insufficient and/or inadequate dietary practices and early exposure to unfavorable living conditions are risk factors for nutritional deviations. Further advances in public health policies that consider regional characteristics, particularly in the north, where progress has been slower, are needed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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