[Nutritional status and factors associated with stunting in children attending public daycare centers in the Municipality of São Paulo, Brazil].
This study reports the nutritional status of children attending daycare centers in the Municipality of São Paulo, Brazil. A representative sample of 827 children under 84 months of age was evaluated. Anthropometric measurements and information on socioeconomic characteristics and morbidity were collected. The most prevalent nutritional deficit was stunting (7.0%; 95%CI: 3.60-10.40). Univariate analysis showed a significant association between stunting and age (< 24 months), OR = 2.10 (95%CI: 1.11-3.98); diarrhea one month prior to the data collection, OR = 2.84 (95%CI: 1.42-5.66); mother's or caregiver's schooling (< 3 years), OR = 3.87 (95%CI: 1.10-13.68); number of household members (> 7), OR = 3.02(95%CI: 1.46-6.22); and number of siblings (> 2) OR = 4.81 (95%CI: 1.72-13.44). In the multivariate analysis, only diarrhea one month prior to the data collection, OR = 2.54 (95%CI: 1.20-5.38) and > 2 siblings, OR = 7.40 (95%CI: 2.20-24.93), remained associated with stunting.
Fisberg
Regina Mara
RM
Departamento de Nutrição, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. rfisberg@usp.br
Marchioni
Dirce Maria Lobo
DM
Cardoso
Maria Regina Alves
MR
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001827:Body Height; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005183:Failure to Thrive / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009752:Nutritional Status; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors