The relationships between selected anthropometric and socio-economic data in schoolchildren from different social strata in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Authors

  • Rainer Gross Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit
  • Fernão Dias de Lima Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Saúde Pública; Departamento de Epidemiologia
  • Cristina Jesus de Freitas Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Centro de Ciências da Saúde; Instituto de Nutrição
  • Ursula Gross Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101990000100004

Keywords:

Nutritional status, Anthropometry, Socioeconomic factors

Abstract

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: <90% ht/age and <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 a nutritional surveillance system.

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Published

1990-02-01

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How to Cite

Gross, R., Lima, F. D. de, Freitas, C. J. de, & Gross, U. (1990). The relationships between selected anthropometric and socio-economic data in schoolchildren from different social strata in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil . Revista De Saúde Pública, 24(1), 11-19. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101990000100004