The relationships between selected anthropometric and socio-economic data in schoolchildren from different social strata in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The nutritional status according to anthropometric data was assessed in 756 schoolchildren from 5 low-income state schools and in one private school in the same part of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The prevalence of stunting and wasting (cut-off point: less than 90% ht/age and less than 80% wt/ht) ranged in the public schools from 6.2 to 15.2% and 3.3 to 24.0%, respectively, whereas the figures for the private school were 2.3 and 3.5%, respectively. Much more obesity was found in the private school (18.0%) than in the state schools (0.8-6.2%). Nutritional problems seem to develop more severely in accordance with the increasing age of the children. Therefore it appears advisable to assess schoolchildren within the context of nutritional surveillance system.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000886:Anthropometry; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors