title: [Cidade Leonor slum, São Paulo. I. Evaluation of the nutritional status of children under 10 years of age].
abstract: The authors studied the nutritional status of 520 children living in slums in the City of São Paulo. The weight-for-age index revealed the following results: eutrophy, 46.9%; PCM I, 42.8%; PCM II, 9.9%; PCM III, 1.1%. The height-for-age index revealed the following results: eutrophy, 65.7% and PCM 34.2%. The weight-for-height index revealed the following results: eutrophy, 79.0%; PCM I, 15.9%; PCM II, 3.4%; PCM III, 1.5%. According to the Seoane-Latham criteria the authors found the following results: eutrophy, 43.1%; balanced chronic malnutrition, 19.0%; acute malnutrition, 24.6%; evolutive chronic malnutrition, 9.2%; and chronic malnutrition in recovery 4.0%.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Pediatria, Escola Paulista de Medicina.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Kallas
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Viaro
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Fagundes Neto
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry; D001824:Body Constitution; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011204:Poverty Areas; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
vernacular_title: Observações sobre a favela da Cidade Leonor, São Paulo. I--Avaliação do estado nutricional das crianças menores de 10 anos.