[Child health and nutrition in a Teréna indigenous community, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil].
This paper describes the health and nutritional situation of South American Indian children from a Teréna community, characterizing their nutritional status, food consumption, and socioeconomic and environmental conditions. The sample included 100 children, ranging from 0 to 59 months of age and living in Aldeia Córrego do Meio, Mato Grosso do Sul. Prevailing nutritional deficits were: 8.0% for the weight-for-age index, 16.0% for height-for-age, and 5.0% for weight-for-height. The growth deficit rate was higher than that of the Brazilian population as a whole, probably reflecting the precarious socioeconomic, environmental, and health conditions in this Teréna community. Analysis of the average nutrient sufficiency in the infant diet showed that nutritional recommendations for the different groups were not complied with. New studies, characterized as transdisciplinary and longitudinal, are necessary to better understand this process.
Departamento de Tecnologia de Alimentos e Saúde Pública, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, 79021-290, Brasil. dbribas@zaz.com.br
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Ribas
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Sganzerla
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Zorzatto
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Philippi
D000886:Anthropometry; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006303:Health Services, Indigenous / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007199:Indians, South American; D007223:Infant; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000208:ethnology; D009752:Nutritional Status; D015995:Prevalence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors