title: Migration and nutritional status of Tarahumara schoolchildren from Chihuahua State (México).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The Tarahumara ethnic group is composed of indigenous people from the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico. Conditions of isolation and poverty compel them to migrate to the city in search of better opportunities. This work aims to explore the influence of migration on the growth and nutritional status of Tarahumara schoolchildren.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred Tarahumara students were analyzed (50 rural with a mean age of 9.78 ± 1.25 years; 50 urban aged 10.0 ± 1.04 years), comparing anthropometric indicators and body composition (T-Student, U-Mann-Whitney Tests).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty percent of rural girls and 35% of rural boys showed stunted growth compared to only 9% of the urban girls (no stunted growth among urban boys). Migrants showed greater body size, skinfold thickness, and fat percentage. Weight excess, understood as an increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity, was detected in 17.8% of urban boys and 13.6% of urban girls compared to 10.0% of boys and 3.3% of girls of the rural series.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Migration reduces stunting and increases adiposity.
authors.affiliation: Academic Group for Physical Activity, Education and Health (ref.C-27), Physical Culture Faculty, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, 31009, México.
authors.forename: Zuliana Paola
authors.initials: ZP
authors.lastname: Benítez-Hernández
authors.affiliation: Academic Group for Physical Activity, Education and Health (ref.C-27), Physical Culture Faculty, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, 31009, México.
authors.forename: María de Lourdes
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: De la Torre-Díaz
authors.affiliation: Academic Group for Physical Activity, Education and Health (ref.C-27), Physical Culture Faculty, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, 31009, México.
authors.forename: Mónica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cervantes-Borunda
authors.affiliation: Academic Group for Physical Activity, Education and Health (ref.C-27), Physical Culture Faculty, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, 31009, México.
authors.forename: Rosa Patricia
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Hernández-Torres
authors.affiliation: Research Group EPINUT (ref.920325), Medicine Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, 28040, Spain.
authors.forename: María Dolores
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Cabañas
authors.affiliation: Research Group EPINUT (ref.920325), Medicine Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, 28040, Spain.|Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, 28040, Spain.
authors.forename: Noemí
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: López-Ejeda
authors.affiliation: Research Group EPINUT (ref.920325), Medicine Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, 28040, Spain.|Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, 28040, Spain.
authors.forename: María Dolores
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Marrodán
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000886:Anthropometry; D001823:Body Composition; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012424:Rural Population; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: Tarahumara; anthropometry; children; migration; nutritional status