Anemia e desnutrição em escolares da rede pública do município de Osasco, São Paulo, Brasil

Cadernos de Saúde Pública

Maria Lúcia R. Stefanini²  Célia Colli¹  Barbara Regina Lerner²  Doris Lucia M. Lei²  Sandra P. Chaves²  Marcello S. Di Pietro²  Antonio Altair M. Oliveira¹  Sophia C. Szarfarc¹ 

[1] ,Secretaria da Saúde de São Paulo Instituto de Saúde São Paulo SP ,Brasil

关键词: Iron Deficiency;    Anemia;    Nutritional Anemia;    Undernutrition;    Schoolchildren;    Deficiência de Ferro;    Anemia;    Anemia Nutricional;    Desnutrição;    Escolares;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-311X1995000300019

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The authors studied a sample of students entering the first grade in the Osasco public school system in order to determine both the prevalence of anemia and nutritional status. Osasco is part of the Greater São Paulo Metropolitan Area. Diagnosis of anemia was made through the hemoglobin concentration of blood from digital puncture. World Health Organization (WHO) levels were used to define anemia. Nutritional Status assessment. was made through weight/age and height/age indices, using Z score distribution and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reference levels. Prevalence of anemia was 51%. Prevalence levels varied according to the schools' geographic location: 56.9% in peripheral neighborhoods and 41.7% in central areas. Children with illiterate parents had a higher prevalence of this condition. Risk of anemia was higher for children who were over eight years of age when entering the first grade. Acute malnutrition was not found. Prevalence was higher than expected and points to the urgent need to establish an anemia control program for schoolchildren in this population.

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