Kühl Adriana Masiero, Corso Arlete Catarina Tittoni, Leite Maurício Soares, Bastos João Luiz
Departamento de Nutrição, Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste, Guarapuava, Brazil.
Cad Saude Publica. 2009 Feb;25(2):409-20. doi: 10.1590/s0102-311x2009000200020.
The goal of this study was to evaluate the nutritional status of indigenous children and to investigate factors associated with nutritional deficits. Weight and height measurements were obtained for 141 Kaingáng children from 0 to 5 years of age living on the Mangueirinha Indigenous Reserve in Paraná State, Brazil. Data on maternal and infant conditions and socioeconomic characteristics were also gathered through face-to-face interviews. Based on World Health Organization criteria (2006), 24.8% of the children presented low height-for-age (HA), 9.2% low weight-for-age (WA), 2.1% low weight-for-height (WH), and 2.1% low weight according to body mass index for age (BMIA). Based on NCHS criteria (1977), 19.9% of the children presented low HA, 9.2% low WA, and 1.4% low WH. 6.4% were overweight according to BMIA. Low birth weight and non-masonry housing construction were associated statistically with nutritional deficits. The Kaingáng children are subject to poor living conditions, associated with deficits in their nutritional profile.
本研究的目的是评估原住民儿童的营养状况，并调查与营养缺乏相关的因素。对居住在巴西巴拉那州曼盖里尼亚原住民保留地的141名0至5岁的卡因冈儿童进行了体重和身高测量。还通过面对面访谈收集了有关母婴状况和社会经济特征的数据。根据世界卫生组织标准（2006年），24.8%的儿童身高低于年龄标准（HA），9.2%的儿童体重低于年龄标准（WA），2.1%的儿童身高体重比偏低（WH），2.1%的儿童根据年龄别体重指数（BMIA）体重偏低。根据美国国家卫生统计中心标准（1977年），19.9%的儿童HA偏低，9.2%的儿童WA偏低，1.4%的儿童WH偏低。根据BMIA，6.4%的儿童超重。低出生体重和非砖石结构住房建设与营养缺乏在统计学上相关。卡因冈儿童生活条件较差，这与其营养状况不佳有关。
