“…Several studies on children from geographic contexts with predominant precarious living conditions also demonstrated greater prevalence of stunting when compared to rates in national surveys (PNDS and POF), as in São João do Tigre, in the semiarid region of the state of Paraiba (Oliveira et al, 2009) and Gameleira, in the Zona da Mata, state of Pernambuco (Oliveira et al, 2010), as well as among beneficiaries of the Family Allowance Program (Brasil, 2014), with rates for children under five years reaching 14.6, 16.5 and 12.2%, respectively. Similar results were also reported for children under two years in the rural settlements and camps in the Midwestern region in the state of Paraná (Lang, Almeida, & Taddei, 2011) and riverside communities in the state of Pará (Silva & Moura, 2010) as well as children under six years from the slum areas of Maceió, Alagoas (Silveira, Alves, Ferreira, Sawaya, & Florêncio, 2010) respectively with 8.0, 13.4 and 8.6%. It is relevant to note that data from under-two-year-old children may be directly compared to those of this study, since the population studied showed no anthropometric difference with regard to the child's age group.…”