[Nutritional status in preschoolers attending a public day-care center in Valencia, Venezuela]. / Estado nutricional en niñios preescolares que asisten a un jardín de infancia público en Valencia, Venezuela.
Arch Latinoam Nutr
; 57(3): 248-54, 2007 Sep.
Article
em Es
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18271403
With the purpose of evaluating nutritional status in a group of preschoolers attending a public day care center in Valencia, Venezuela (2002), a research was made for social stratus, anthropometric variables; weight, height and arm circumference, hemoglobin, seric retinol, presence of parasitosis and food consumption, as well as the mother's educational level. The program SPSS 11.0 and the t Student, ANOVA Post Hoc from Bonferroni and Fisher (p < 0.05) were used. A predominance of the female sex was presented (52%). According to the social stratus, 23.3% was located in the middleclass, and 76.8% on some level of poverty. 60% of the middleclass mothers had finished their high school education, while only 9.8% of the mothers in poverty had reached that level. According to the Z values (H/A, W/H and AC/H), high percentages under -1.00 were observed (27.3%, 25.6% and 24.5%, respectively). The W/H and AC/H of children of mothers studying in a university presented discrepancies when compared with children of mothers with a primary educational level. A 25.9% of anemia was presented, and there were differences between anemic and non-anemic groups for H/A and AC/H. Protozoaries were observed in 61.0%, helmintos in 16.9% and both in 22.1%. There was a 2.6 times higher risk of presenting nutritional deficiency for AC/H in the group found with parasites. An adequate consumption of energy and iron was found, with an excessive consumption of proteins and vitamin A. It is concluded that there exists a nutritional risk evaluated through hematologic parameters, the presence of parasitosis and social stratus.
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Assunto principal:
Estatura
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Ingestão de Energia
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Creches
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Estado Nutricional
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Anemia
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Enteropatias Parasitárias
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Venezuela
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Arch Latinoam Nutr
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Venezuela