2007
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2007000600004
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Abstract: The article presents prevalence rates for malnutrition, intestinal parasitic infections, anemia, and iron deficiency in under-five children in a population-based cross-sectional survey performed in the urban area of two counties in the Western Brazilian Amazon, Assis Brasil (n = 200) and Acrelandia (n = 477). Available data included: (a) weight and height measurements, standardized as z-scores using the 1977 NCHS reference population, (b) diagnosis of current intestinal parasitic infection, (c) blood hemoglobi… Show more

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“…However, in the Brazilian Amazonian populations' transitioning lifestyles, their less habitual fish consumption (diminishing HHg concentrations) did not determine the attained anthropometric scores. Anaemia and intestinal parasites are still a public health problem for Amazonian children (39) ; and although we did not take such variables into account, the percentages of children in the present study who were classified as malnourished are higher than reported recently for pre-school children in two Amazon towns in the neighbouring state of Acre (39) .…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 83%
“…However, in the Brazilian Amazonian populations' transitioning lifestyles, their less habitual fish consumption (diminishing HHg concentrations) did not determine the attained anthropometric scores. Anaemia and intestinal parasites are still a public health problem for Amazonian children (39) ; and although we did not take such variables into account, the percentages of children in the present study who were classified as malnourished are higher than reported recently for pre-school children in two Amazon towns in the neighbouring state of Acre (39) .…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 83%
“…Segundo a OMS 2 , 47,5% das mulheres africanas não grávidas são classificadas como anêmicas, enquanto no sul da Ásia estas proporções estão em torno de 45,7%. A associação observada no presente estudo pode refletir uma baixa cobertura dos serviços de pré-natal, bem como a semelhança existente entre o padrão alimentar de mães e filhos 29 , sugerindo uma condição carencial compartilhada pelos grupos biológicos mais vulneráveis da família. Ao contrário do exposto pela PNDS/2006 11 , em nossa investigação a situação de anemia entre as crianças menores de cinco anos foi duas vezes superior àquela registrada para as mães, o que distingue a dimensão epidemiológica do problema para cada grupo.…”
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“…In January 2003, we conducted a population-based crosssectional study in Acrelândia with the assistance of local teams of the FHP of the Brazilian Ministry of Health (10) . All households from this urban area with children aged ,5 years were identified and invited to participate (n 334), and only two declined participation.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%