Factors associated with malnutrition in children living in food insecurity households

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Barroso, Gabriela dos Santos¹  Salles-Costa, Rosana¹  Sichieri, Rosely² 

[1] UFRJ;UERJ

关键词: Socioeconomic indicators;    Nutritional status of children;    Low birth weight and food insecurity;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1415-790X2008000300015

学科分类：过敏症与临床免疫学

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: The influence of socioeconomic and health indicators onthe nutritional status was evaluated in a probabilistic sample of children aged6 to 30 months, living in Duque de Caxias - Rio de Janeiro.
METHODS: Cross-sectional study of a probabilistic household sample comprisedof 1,085 households. The total size sample was 402 households with children.The analysis of the nutritional status included weight and lengh/stature. Anthropometricindexes weight-for-age (WAZ), length-for-age (HAZ) and weight-for-length (WHZ)expressed in z-scores were used to evaluate nutritional status. Logistic regressionand a hierarchical approach were used to identify socioeconomic factors (basicand intermediate determinants) and health of children (immediate determinants)associated with nutritional status of infants.
RESULTS: The prevalence of malnutrition was 2.8%, 8.6% and 3.3% for theWAZ, HAZ and WHZ indexes, respectively. Per capita family income was significantlyassociated with WHZ. Low birth weight was strongly associated with low HAZ andWHZ indexes, regardless of income and other basic and intermediate determinants.
CONCLUSION: Low birth weight was the most important factor associatedwith nutritional deficit in children. Actions aiming to reduce low birth weightcan contribute to reverse malnutrition in populations in which social inequalitypersists.

【 授权许可】

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