Anthropometric Characteristics of Mohawk Children Aged 6 to 11 Years

Potvin, Louise; Desrosiers, Serge; Trifonopoulos, Mary; Leduc, Nicole; Rivard, Mélina; Macaulay, Ann C.; Paradis, Gilles

doi:10.1016/s0002-8223(99)00227-8

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“…The values of our study are very close to the ones for white American children 22 , Native American children 23 , British children 21 and children in from the south of Brazil 12 . lower values for the black children are found 22 , and values considerably higher for the American children 16 , the Costa rican children 24 and children from the southeast of Brazil…”

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“…The study by Potvin et al 23 , for example, presents skinfold values of Native American children and adolescents much lower than the values here and in other studies in the literature. It is also noticeable in the studies by Frisancho 22 and Must et al 8 , that black children of the USA present lower amounts of subcutaneous fat than white children of the USA.…”

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“…The majority of the studies demonstrate tendency in stabilizing or increasing fat in the arm region, along the age spectrum investigated. Only the study by Potvin et al 23 demonstrates tendency in decreasing the values from eight years old.…”

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Distribuição da gordura corporal em escolares: um estudo usando o método LMS

Frainer

Vasconcelos

Costa

et al. 2013

Rev Bras Med Esporte

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Introduction: Assessment of overweight and obesity in populations has still been based on the body mass index, which is considered the universal indicator of adiposity. Objective: To analyze 7-10 year-old schoolchildren body fat distribution by building percentiles reference of skinfold thickness, using lMS parameters. Method: Data were taken from a representative sample of 7-10-year-old schoolchildren attending public and private schools that participated in a comprehensive research study conducted in 2002, in the city of Florianopolis (Santa Catarina, Brazil), and composed of 2,918 children. In this study, the anthropometric data used were height, subscapular, suprailiac, triciptal and medial calf skinfolds. The lMS method, which propitiates normalizing data with asymmetric distribution, was used to analyze and compare skinfold thickness patterns by sex and age group. results: Both sexes presented higher values of subcutaneous fat in the triceps and calf regions; nevertheless, in male subjects theses values were lower than in females and with low increment along the age group investigated. The skinfold with the highest increment in median values was the suprailiac for females, which reached values close to those of the triciptal skinfold at 10 yr old. Conclusions: The lMS method propitiates analysis of the skinfolds thickness, which is important to perform analyses of the evolution of the body fat and the nutritional status of children.

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Distribuição da gordura corporal em escolares: um estudo usando o método LMS

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“…It was not possible to obtain direct measurements of body mass index (BMI) through height and weight measurements. Anthropometric studies of Mohawk children, however, report higher average adiposity than overweight children from a reference population (24)(25)(26). A recent study comparing measured and self-reported Health of Canadian Aboriginal children weight and height among adolescents showed high correlations (for example, 0.87 to 0.94 for body mass).…”

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The health of Canada’s Aboriginal children: results from the First Nations and Inuit Regional Health Survey

MacMillan

Jamieson

Walsh

et al. 2010

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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Objectives. Reports on child health in Canada often refer to the disproportionate burden of poor health experienced by Aboriginal children and youth, yet little national data are available. This paper describes the health of First Nations and Inuit children and youth based on the First Nations and Inuit Regional Health Survey (FNIRHS). Study design. The FNIRHS combines data from 9 regional surveys conducted in 1996-1997 in Aboriginal reserve communities in all provinces. The target population consisted of all onreserve communities. All households or a random sample of households or adults (depending on province) were selected based on their population representation. Methods. One child was randomly selected from each participating household, except in Ontario and Nova Scotia, where children were randomly selected based upon their population representation. Alberta did not include the section on children's health in their regional survey.Results. Approximately 84% of adults, who were proxy respondents for their child, rated their children's health as very good or excellent. The most frequently reported conditions were ear problems (15%), followed by allergies (13%) and asthma (12%). Broken bones or fractures were the most frequently reported injuries (13%). Respondents reported that 17% of children had behavioural or emotional problems. Overall, 76% of children were reported to get along with the family "very well" or "quite well. " Health of Canadian Aboriginal children Conclusions. While most respondents rated their child's health as very good or excellent, injuries, emotional and behavioural problems, respiratory conditions and ear problems were reported among many Aboriginal children. Issues such as substance abuse, exposure to violence and academic performance were not addressed in the 10 core survey questions. Clearly there is a need for more in-depth information about both the physical and emotional health of Aboriginal children and youth. (Int J Circumpolar Health 2010; 69(2):158-167)

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“…Neste estudo, como não se conhecia a idade das crianças, o escore z do indicador de peso para estatura e o índice de massa corporal foram empregados para avaliação do estado nutricional 17,22 . Nossos resultados mostraram baixas taxas de desnutrição e obesidade (1,8% e 3,0%, respectivamente), achados nos levam a crer que as condições de nutrição das crianças do PIX mantiveram suas qualidades pelas últimas três décadas.…”

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Avaliação do estado nutricional das crianças índias do Alto Xingu

Fagundes¹,

Oliva²,

Fagundes-Neto³

2002

J. Pediatr. (Rio J.)

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Objective: to evaluate the nutritional status and estimate body composition of Indian children from Xingu Indigenous Park (XIP), rain forest Amazon region, by using anthropometry and bioelectrical impedance (BI) tests.Methods: one hundred and sixty-four Indian children (89 girls and 75 boys) of unknown age were evaluated by means of anthropometry and bioelectrical impedance. Weight and height were used to calculate z-score for weight-for-height (W/H) index. Two equations based on the resistance values obtained from the bioelectrical impedance were used to determine body composition. The values obtained were compared to standard reference.Results: z-score median for weigh-for-height index was 0.59 (boys) and 0.46 (girls) (P=0.27), respectively. Among the children studied only 1.8% showed z-score W/H <-2 standard deviations (SD), and 3% showed z-score W/H >2 SD. Mean resistance values were 625.4+/-79.2 Ohms (girls) and 588.8+/-68.9 Ohms (boys) (P<0.01). The percentage of body composition values obtained for girls were 14.2% fat mass (FM) and 85.8% fat-free mass (FFM), and 11.7% (FM) and 88.3% (FFM). The values for the boys were 14.9% (FM) and 85.1% (FFM), and 10.3% (FM) and 89.7% (FFM).Conclusions: there were low rates of obesity and malnutrition, what leads us to believe that the nutritional status among the Indian children from XIP has been kept in good standard along the last three decades, even under some degree of the Western culture influence. The Indians body composition enhanced the good nutritional status among the studied population. BI played an important role in the estimation of body composition in this field study. ResumoObjetivo: determinar o estado nutricional e estimar a composição corporal de crianças índias do Parque Nacional do Xingu, associando antropometria e impedância bioelétrica.Casuística e métodos: foram avaliadas 164 crianças índias (89 meninas e 75 meninos), com idade desconhecida, por meio da antropometria e da mensuração da impedância bioelétrica. A partir das medidas de peso e estatura, chegou-se ao escore z do indicador de peso/estatura. Para as estimativas da composição corporal, foram utilizadas duas equações baseadas nos valores da resistência obtidos pela impedância bioelétrica. Os dados obtidos foram comparados com valores de referência internacionalmente aceitos.Resultados: a mediana do escore z do indicador peso/estatura foi 0,59 (meninos) e 0,46 (meninas) (p=0,27), respectivamente. No grupo estudado, apenas 1,8% apresentou escore z menor que -2 desvios-padrão, e 3% apresentou escore z maior que 2 desviospadrão. A média dos valores da resistência bioelétrica encontrados foram: 625,4±79,2 Ohms (meninas), e 588,8±68,9 Ohms (meninos) (p<0,01). Os valores percentuais da composição corporal calculados para meninas foram: 14,2% massa corporal gordurosa (MCG) e 85,8% massa magra (MM) e 11,7% MCG e 88,3% MM. Para os meninos, obtiveram-se os seguintes valores: 14,9% MCG e 85,1% MM, e 10,3% MCG e 89,7% MM.Conclusões: os resultados mostram baixas taxas de desnutrição atual e o...

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Anthropometric Characteristics of Mohawk Children Aged 6 to 11 Years

Cited by 27 publications

References 43 publications

Distribuição da gordura corporal em escolares: um estudo usando o método LMS

Distribuição da gordura corporal em escolares: um estudo usando o método LMS

The health of Canada’s Aboriginal children: results from the First Nations and Inuit Regional Health Survey

Avaliação do estado nutricional das crianças índias do Alto Xingu

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