[Nutritional and disease diagnosis in institutionalized children. Day care center Elisio Teixeira Leite, Perus, SP 1993].
As a part of one survey about health conditions in institutionalized children, the nutritional status were evaluated. Data were obtained through antropometric assessment in a sample of 111 pre-school children matriculated in a small official day-care center in Perus-SP. According to Gomez, 50.0% of all that children were classified as malnourished, 23.4% of them in the I degree; 22.4% in II degree and only 4.3% in III degree. Taking into account the Waterlow's classification there was a highest frequency of cronic-actual malnutrition (30.8%) concentrated in children between 12-48 months of age. Additionally, these children presented highest incidence of infective-respiratory and intestinal diseases. These evidences lead on to the improvement of the follow-up of children growth and food consumption, specially that under 24 meses, to attempt for an early identification of malnutrition, thus increasing the chance of nutritional recuperation.
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D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002674:Child, Institutionalized; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009752:Nutritional Status
Diagnóstico nutricional e de saúde de crianças institucionalizadas - creche Elísio Teixeira Leite, Perus, SP, 1993.