Retardo do crescimento físico e aproveitamento escolar em crianças do Município de Osasco, área Metropolitana de São Paulo, Brasil

Cadernos de Saúde Pública

Doris Lucia M. Lei¹  Sandra P. Chaves¹  Barbara Regina Lerner¹  Maria Lucia Rosa Stefanini¹ 

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

关键词: Nutrition;    Growth;    Undernutrition;    School Health;    Nutrição;    Crescimento;    Desnutrição;    Saúde Escolar;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-311X1995000200007

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The objective of the present study was to investigate the significance of linear childhood growth retardation in relation to classroom performance. It began with a Height Census carried out in the 1989 school year, involving children attending the first grade of all public and private schools in Osasco (Greater São Paulo Metropolitan Area, Brazil), which identified the presence of growth retardation. Using a prospective study, classroom performance was evaluated throughout the school year in 170 children entering school and characterized by the height-for-age indice below -2 z scores (NCHS/OMS reference population) and in 205 children entering school and characterized by height-for-age above -1 z score. Classroom performance of stunted school children was lower than that of students without growth retardation. The study indicated that increased risk of school failure of those students remained the same, even after adjustment for possible confounding variables (present nutritional status and socioeconomic variables).

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