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  • Title: Nutritional status, birth weight and breast feeding of elementary first grade Chilean students.
    Author: Ivanovic D, Ivanovic R, Buitron C.
    Journal: Nutr Rep Int; 1987 Dec; 36(6):1347-61. PubMed ID: 12282444.
    Abstract:
    The nutritional status was assessed of 306 1st grade students from metropolitan Santiago, Chile, equally divided between girls and boys, public and private schools, and low, medium and high socioeconomic groups. The mean age was 6.38 years. Anthropometric measurements taken were weight, height, upper segment, head circumference, arm circumference and triceps skinfold. Percent weight for age, height for age and weight for height were determined according to tables of the National Center for Health Statistics. Expressed as percentage of weight for height, there was a high incidence of obesity (8.9%), and overweight (23.9%), but a low incidence of undernutrition (1%). According to the Waterlow sample distribution, 85.0% of the subjects had adequate nutritional status, 0.3% were wasted, 14% were stunted, and 0.7% were seriously malnourished. Nutritional status was positively and significantly correlated with birth weight, but not with duration of breast feeding. No differences in the duration of breast feeding were found with regard to sex or type of school. More upper status women breast fed for durations less than 6 months, while more lower status women breast fed for more than 6 months. Those from high socioeconomic groups had higher birth weights and better nutritional status. The results indicate an improvement in nutritional status and birth weights of Chilean children, but suggest that intervention should be made to prevent obesity.
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