Some risk factors associated with overweight, stunting and wasting among children under 5 years old

Vítolo, Márcia Regina; Gama, Cíntia Mendes; Bortolini, Gisele Ane; Campagnolo, Paula Dal Bó; Drachler, Maria de Lourdes

doi:10.2223/jped.1776

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“…9,24,25 In the present study, most mothers were short, which is also found in other studies with populations that were subjected to chronic hunger, determining the cycle of childhood malnutrition, short height, obesity, and comorbidities in adulthood. [26][27][28] At present, we also demonstrated that statistically, regardless of the nutritional status of mothers, shorter height was directly associated with child malnutrition.…”

Section: Maternal Characteristicssupporting

confidence: 66%

Associação entre desnutrição em crianças moradoras de favelas, estado nutricional materno e fatores socioambientais

Silveira¹,

Alves²,

Ferreira³

et al. 2010

J. Pediatr. (Rio J.)

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Objective: To investigate the association of malnutrition in children living in substandard settlements (favelas) of Maceió, Brazil, with maternal nutritional status and environmental conditions. Methods:Cross-sectional study involving a probability sample of 2,075 mothers (18 to 45 years) and their children (4 months to 6 years), living in the favelas of the city of Maceió. First, we conducted a cluster analysis with the purpose of choosing the settlements and the administrative region of the city of Maceió with the lowest human development index). After this analysis, the 7th Administrative Region was designated for the study, including its 23 substandard settlements. Socioeconomic, demographic, anthropometric, and maternal and child health data were collected by means of household survey. The statistical analysis included the odds ratio of a child to be malnourished, and the univariate regression was used to check which maternal variables were associated with this malnutrition.Results: Chronic malnutrition (-2 standard deviations/height for age) was found in 8.6% of children and was associated with mother's age and educational level, type of residence, number of rooms, flooring, water supply, and low birth weight (< 2,500 g) in children aged ≤ 24 months. We also found an association between child malnutrition and maternal height. Such association was not observed regarding body mass index. Conclusions:The high prevalence of malnutrition observed in these settlements was related to social and environmental conditions and short maternal height, who had weight deficit or weight excess.J Pediatr (Rio J). 2010;86(3):215-220: Stunting, obesity, poverty.

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Section: Maternal Characteristicssupporting

confidence: 66%

Associação entre desnutrição em crianças moradoras de favelas, estado nutricional materno e fatores socioambientais

Silveira¹,

Alves²,

Ferreira³

et al. 2010

J. Pediatr. (Rio J.)

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“…Orlonski et al 10 assessed 335 school children in an integrated school unit and reported excess weight in 27.8 % of the children. Another study undertaken of 3957 children aged between 1 month and 5 years, recruited on a national vaccination day, also presented a prevalence of excess weight in 9.8% of them 11 .…”

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confidence: 92%

Perfil alimentar e nutricional de lactentes atendidos em unidade básica de saúde no Rio Grande do Norte

Mendes

Queiroz

Melo

et al. 2014

J. Hum. Growth Dev.

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Objetivos: Verificar o perfil de aleitamento materno, introdução de alimentos, hábitos alimentares, estado nutricional de lactentes e relacionar o tempo de aleitamento materno exclusivo (AME) e anemia materna. Método: Estudo transversal com 22 lactentes de 6 a 24 meses. As mães responderam a um questionário semiestruturado e o lactente foi submetido à avaliação antropométrica. A análise estatística foi realizada por meio do teste Qui-quadrado, considerandose o nível de significância p < 0,05. Resultados: 22,73% apresentaram excesso de peso, o tempo médio de (AME) foi de 123,2 dias (DP ± 68,9 dias), 63,63% por tempo inferior a 6 meses. A duração do AME foi associada significativamente ao sexo feminino (p = 0,042) e ao número deconsultas de pré-natal (p = 0,002), 36,4% das mães apresentaram anemia na gestação, que foi associada ao saneamento básico (p = 0,03) e ao número de consultas de pré-natal (p = 0.002). Os alimentos mais frequentes introduzidos antes dos seis meses foram respectivamente, suco de frutas (27,3%), açúcar (21%), fruta (13,63%), arroz ou macarrão (9%), carne ou frango ou ovo (5,3%) verduras e legumes (5%) e feijão (4,8%). Conclusão: A prática do AME apresentase baixa, o crescente aumento da introdução precoce de alimentos mostra-se preocupante, sendo fundamental a criação de estratégias de incentivo e apoio a amamentação, assim como a prevenção de excesso de peso nessa faixa etária.

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“…As previously stated, male children were more likely to be stunted than their female counterparts, which mirrors findings described previously (Agho et al., 2009; Asfaw, Wondaferash, Taha, & Dube, 2015; Chirande et al., 2015; Hien & Hoa, 2009; Vitolo, Gama, Bortolini, Campagnolo, & Drachler Mde, 2008; Wamani, Åstrøm, Peterson, Tumwine, & Tylleskär, 2007). Compared with their female cohort, the likelihood of underweight was higher among males when not adjusted, but nonsignificant when adjusted for other factors.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Similar findings were reported by other researchers (Ergin, Okyay, Atasoylu, & Beser, 2007; Olack et al., 2011; Vitolo et al., 2008). This finding may be attributed to poor child care and feeding practices where parents leave the child to be more independent.…”

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confidence: 99%

Prevalence and predictors of undernutrition among underfive children in Arusha District, Tanzania

Kejo

Mosha

Petrucka

et al. 2018

Food Science & Nutrition

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Childhood undernutrition is a global health challenge impacting child growth and survival rates. This deficit in nutritional status contributes to the increasing chronic disease prevalence and economic burden in individuals and throughout developing contexts. A community‐based cross‐sectional study was conducted in Arusha District of Tanzania to determine the prevalence and predictors of undernutrition in 436 children. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data on demographic and socio‐economic factors as well as feeding practices and prevalence of preventable childhood diseases. Anthropometric data were collected through the measurement of length/height and weight of all children. The prevalence of undernutrition was estimated based on Z‐scores indices below −2SD of the reference population for weight for age (underweight), height for age (stunting), and weight for height (wasting). Fifty percent, 28%, and 16.5% of the children were stunted, underweight, and wasted, respectively. The age above 2 years and being a male were associated with stunting. The age above 2 years, nonexclusive breastfeeding children, and living at Seliani and Oturumeti were associated with being underweight. Similarly, morbidity, none exclusively breastfed children, living at Oturumeti, and being born to a mother 35 years and above were associated with wasting. In this study, we found the prevalence of child undernutrition in Arusha District is high in comparison with national and regional trends and appears to be associated with being a male. It is recommended that nutritionists and health planners should focus on these key predictors when planning nutrition interventions to address the problem of undernutrition among underfive children in Arusha District.

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Some risk factors associated with overweight, stunting and wasting among children under 5 years old

Cited by 82 publications

References 18 publications

Associação entre desnutrição em crianças moradoras de favelas, estado nutricional materno e fatores socioambientais

Associação entre desnutrição em crianças moradoras de favelas, estado nutricional materno e fatores socioambientais

Perfil alimentar e nutricional de lactentes atendidos em unidade básica de saúde no Rio Grande do Norte

Prevalence and predictors of undernutrition among underfive children in Arusha District, Tanzania

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