Estado nutricional de niños de Antioquia, Colombia, según dos sistemas de referencia

Abstract

When WHO standards are applied, overweight and chronic malnutrition are more easily detected, than with NCHS'; furthermore, the prevalence rate of general malnutrition decreases beginning at 6 months age, while the overall chronic malnutrition prevalence increases. These new standards constitute an appropriate tool for assessing growth and establishing more objective values for malnutrition prevalence. The Antioquía department should establish policies for health, food, and nutrition that will improve the nutritional status of its children.

Nutritional situation of children under five years old in Brazil’s northeastern cities

“…This scenario is in agreement with that observed in the most recent surveys [10][11][12][21][22][23][24] and with nationwide studies [25][26][27][28][29][30][31] as well as with those undertaken in other Latin American countries [3][4][5][6][7] .…”

“…High prevalences of height deficit (17.6%) have also been described by Álvarez, López & Estrada 6 . In Argentina, Oyhenart et al 7 and Pais & Carrera 4 found prevalences of 15% and 7.5%, respectively, in children and adolescents of the cities of La Plata and Santa Fé.…”

“…Álvarez et al 6 in a study conducted on children of from 6 to 60 months, of the city of Antioquia, Colombia, found percentages of overweight and deficit of weight for height of 3.8% and 2.0%, respectively. Oyhenart et al 7 recorded a prevalence of overweight for height four times greater than of deficit (12.5% to 3.0%, respectively) on analyzing the nutritional status of children of Regarding height deficit, De Onis 37 observed that, in 2005, one-third of all the children below five years of age (about 178 million children) in low and medium income countries presented low height.…”

“…In general, the nutritional transition in the infant population of the Latin American countries is characterized by the increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity and a reduction in the prevalence of under-weight, a deficit in stature still persisting in high proportions [3][4][5][6][7] .…”

Evaluación Del Estado Nutricional en Menores De 5 Años: Concordancia De Índices Antropométricos en Población Indígena De Chiapas

“…El índice P/E se ha utilizado para identificar bajo peso para una edad determinada y permite hacer el diagnóstico de la desnutrición cuando existe un déficit mayor al 10%, T/E para identificar niños con baja talla o desmedro, mientras que el P/T permite determinar la desnutrición aguda (1). El IMC desarrollado por Quetelet en 1869 se ha utilizado principalmente en adultos y, en fechas recientes, para evaluar el estado nutricional de niños y adolescentes (2).…”