Nutritional status of school children in poverty conditions from urban and rural areas. Metropolitan region. Chile. 1986-1987 Estado nutricional de escolares en condiciones de pobreza urbana y rural. Región Metropolitana. Chile. 1986-1987.
Author
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Ivanovic, Rodolfo
Author
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Olivares,
Author
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Castro,
Author
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Ivanovic, Rodolfo
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2019-01-29T14:55:26Z
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2019-01-29T14:55:26Z
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1995
Cita de ítem
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Revista médica de Chile, Volumen 123, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 509-525
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00349887
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https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/161366
Abstract
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The aim of this study was to compare the nutritional status of poor children from urban and rural areas and to quantify the impact of socioeconomic, sociocultural and family variables on nutritional status. Weight/age, height/age, weight/height and head circumference percentages were measured in a representative sample of 4509 school children, 39% belonging to a low socioeconomic status and living in the Metropolitan region, chosen according to grade, type of school, sex and geographic area. Children coming from rural areas had significantly higher percentages of undernutrition than children from urban areas according to weight/age (47 vs 34%, and weight/height (7.7 vs 4.6%); likewise they had a higher proportion of height/age ratios below 90% (10.3 vs 5.2%). Head circumference was below 100% in 77 and 65% of rural and urban children. Brachial anthropometric variables were also lower in rural children. The number of siblings and family size were the independent variables with the great
Nutritional status of school children in poverty conditions from urban and rural areas. Metropolitan region. Chile. 1986-1987 Estado nutricional de escolares en condiciones de pobreza urbana y rural. Región Metropolitana. Chile. 1986-1987.