Herold P, Sanjur D
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853.
Arch Latinoam Nutr. 1986 Dec;36(4):599-624.
The family ecology of 68 preschool children attending a health care center in a pueblo joven (low-income peripheral settlement) of Lima, Perú, was investigated to determine its bearing on their nutritional status. Some of the variables studied included family income, income available to mothers, household composition, migratory history of mothers, child feeding practices and housing conditions. Nutritional status of the children was assessed through anthropometric and dietary means. Results indicated that chronic malnutrition was widespread. Breast-feeding was common, but the weaning diets had little diversity and low-caloric value. The family diet relied heavily on soups and starchy foodstuffs, and children participated fully in the family meals by the age of two. Child growth was negatively correlated with the number of preschool children and birth order, and positively correlated with income spent on water. In its turn, the children's diet was positively correlated with the income available to the mothers and the income spent on food.
对秘鲁利马一个年轻社区（低收入边缘定居点）的68名学龄前儿童所在家庭的生态环境进行了调查，以确定其对儿童营养状况的影响。所研究的一些变量包括家庭收入、母亲可支配收入、家庭构成、母亲的迁移史、儿童喂养方式和住房条件。通过人体测量和饮食方法评估儿童的营养状况。结果表明，慢性营养不良普遍存在。母乳喂养很常见，但断奶期饮食种类单一且热量值低。家庭饮食严重依赖汤类和淀粉类食物，儿童在两岁时就完全参与家庭用餐。儿童生长与学龄前儿童数量和出生顺序呈负相关，与用于水的支出呈正相关。而儿童饮食与母亲可支配收入以及用于食物的支出呈正相关。
