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On-line version ISSN 1851-9628
Abstract
PADULA, Gisel and SALCEDA, Susana A.. Prevalence of underweight, stunting, overweight and obesity: their evolution in children from Azampay (Catamarca, Argentina). Runa [online]. 2013, vol.34, n.2, pp.233-244. ISSN 1851-9628.
This study assesses the evolution of underweight, stunting, overweight and obesity prevalence in schoolchildren from Azampay between 1995 and 2004. The sample includes children between 6 and 13 years of age (1995: 32; 2004: 42). The recorded variables were Age (A), Weight (W) and Height (H). Weight-for- age (W//A), Height-for-age (H//A) (WHO reference 2007, -2 SD) and body mass index (BMI) (The International Obesity Task Force, with the values set out therein), were estimated. Epi-Info 6.0 software was used for statistical evaluation ( Ç2 p d" 0.05%). We observed a drop in underweight to the present (from 11.54% to 3.45%). Likewise, stunting and overweight decreased (the former, from 6.25% to 0%, and the latter from 6.25% to 4.76%). Differences were not statistically significant. Obesity prevalence was zero. Overall, new strategies for survival due to the deterioration of traditional patterns of subsistence, have not adversely affected the growth of children
Keywords : Anthropometrical Assessment; Children; Underweight; Stunting; Overweight and Obesity.