| Literature DB >> 3488846 |
C G Victora, J P Vaughan, B R Kirkwood, J C Martines, L B Barcelos.
Abstract
The article reports the effects of several socioeconomic and environmental indicators on the nutritional status (stunting, underweight, and wasting) of a sample of 802 children aged 12-35.9 months in urban and rural areas of southern Brazil. Of the social variables studied, family income and father's education level were the two risk factors that showed the strongest associations with nutritional status. The mother's education level, employment status of the head of the family, number of siblings, and family's ethnic background also showed some degree of association, but these were less significant when family income was included in the analysis. Environmental variables, particularly the type of housing, degree of crowding, and type of sewage disposal, were also strongly associated with malnutrition. The effects of having access to piped or treated water were only apparent on stunting and wasting.Entities:
Keywords: Americas; Anthropometry; Biology; Body Weight; Brazil; Child Development; Crowding; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Diseases; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Employment Status; Ethnic Groups; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Geographic Factors; Growth--complications; Health; Housing; Hygiene; Income; Latin America; Macroeconomic Factors; Malnutrition; Measurement; Nutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Physiology; Population; Population At Risk; Population Characteristics; Population Density; Public Health; Research Methodology; Residence Characteristics; Rural Population; Sampling Studies; Sanitation; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; South America; Spatial Distribution; Studies; Surveys; Urban Population
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Year: 1986 PMID： 3488846 PMCID： PMC2490948
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bull World Health Organ ISSN： 0042-9686 Impact factor: 9.408