I F Bejarano1, E E Oyhenart2,3, M F Torres2, M F Cesani2,3, M Garraza2,3, B Navazo2,3, M L Zonta4, M A Luis3, F A Quintero3, J E Dipierri5, E Alfaro5, E M Román5, R Carrillo5, S Dahinten6, D B Lomaglio7, N Menecier7, M D Marrodán8,9. 1. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, National University of Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina. 2. Institute of Veterinary Genetics (IGEVET), National University of La Plata, CONICET, La Plata, Argentina. 3. Laboratory of Investigations in Ontogeny and Adaptation, National University of La Plata, CONICET, Argentina. 4. Centre for Parasitological and Vector Studies (CEPAVE) National University of la Plata, CONICET, La Plata, Argentina. 5. Institute of High Altitude Biology, National University of Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina. 6. Centre for Patagonian Studies, National University of Patagonia, CONICET, Puerto Madryn, Argentina. 7. Centre for Biological Anthropology Studies, National University of Catamarca, CONICET, Catamarca, Argentina. 8. Research Group EPINUT, Department of Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. 9. Institute of Environmental Sciences (IUCA), Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF) can only be applied to children under 5 years of age and does not contemplate obesity. The aim of this study was to propose an Extended CIAF (ECIAF) that combines the characterization of malnutrition due to undernutrition and excess weight, and apply it in six Argentine provinces. DESIGN: ECIAF excludes children not in anthropometric failure (group A) and was calculated from a percentage of children included in malnutrition categories B: wasting only; C: wasting and underweight; D: wasting, stunting and underweight; E: stunting and underweight; F: stunting only; Y: underweight only; G: only weight excess; and H: stunting and weight excess. SETTING: Cross-sectional study conducted in Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chubut, Jujuy, Mendoza and Misiones (Argentina). PARTICIPANTS: 10 879 children of both sexes aged between 3 and 13·99. RESULTS: ECIAF in preschool children (3 to 4·99 years) was 15·1 %. The highest prevalence was registered in Mendoza (16·7 %) and the lowest in Misiones (12·0 %). In school children (5 to 13·99 years) ECIAF was 28·6 %. Mendoza also recorded the highest rate (30·7 %), while Catamarca and Chubut had the lowest values (27·0 %). In the whole sample, about 25 % of the malnutrition was caused by undernutrition and 75 % by excess weight. CONCLUSIONS: The ECIAF summarizes anthropometric failure by both deficiency and excess weight and it highlights that a quarter of the malnutrition in the Argentine population was caused by undernutrition, although there are differences between Provinces (P < 0·05). ECIAF estimates are higher than those of CIAF or under-nutrition.
OBJECTIVE: The Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF) can only be applied to children under 5 years of age and does not contemplate obesity. The aim of this study was to propose an Extended CIAF (ECIAF) that combines the characterization of malnutrition due to undernutrition and excess weight, and apply it in six Argentine provinces. DESIGN: ECIAF excludes children not in anthropometric failure (group A) and was calculated from a percentage of children included in malnutrition categories B: wasting only; C: wasting and underweight; D: wasting, stunting and underweight; E: stunting and underweight; F: stunting only; Y: underweight only; G: only weight excess; and H: stunting and weight excess. SETTING: Cross-sectional study conducted in Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chubut, Jujuy, Mendoza and Misiones (Argentina). PARTICIPANTS: 10 879 children of both sexes aged between 3 and 13·99. RESULTS: ECIAF in preschool children (3 to 4·99 years) was 15·1 %. The highest prevalence was registered in Mendoza (16·7 %) and the lowest in Misiones (12·0 %). In school children (5 to 13·99 years) ECIAF was 28·6 %. Mendoza also recorded the highest rate (30·7 %), while Catamarca and Chubut had the lowest values (27·0 %). In the whole sample, about 25 % of the malnutrition was caused by undernutrition and 75 % by excess weight. CONCLUSIONS: The ECIAF summarizes anthropometric failure by both deficiency and excess weight and it highlights that a quarter of the malnutrition in the Argentine population was caused by undernutrition, although there are differences between Provinces (P < 0·05). ECIAF estimates are higher than those of CIAF or under-nutrition.
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Anthropometric failure Malnutrition; Argentina; Children
Authors: María José Bustamante; Emma Laura Alfaro; José Edgardo Dipierri; María Dolores Román Journal: BMC Public Health Date: 2021-01-22 Impact factor: 3.295