title: Nutrition surveillance in Arizona: selected anthropometric and laboratory observations among Mexican-American children.
abstract: A nutrition surveillance system in public health clinics is providing data for patient care and program planning. Through this system, Arizona's Mexican-American population has been shown to differ from other ethnic groups seen in clinic. Anemia and low height-for-age are significant problems in the Mexican-American population. Over-nutrition, in the form of overweight and high cholesterol, is also a problem among the Mexican-American clinic population.
mesh_terms: D000740:Anemia / Q000453:epidemiology; D001130:Arizona; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D005006:Ethnicity; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D011635:Public Health Administration
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D002784:Cholesterol