IGEVET   21075
INSTITUTO DE GENETICA VETERINARIA "ING. FERNANDO NOEL DULOUT"
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
A comparative study on nutritional status and body composition of urban and rural schoolchildren from Brandsen District (Argentina)
Autor/es:
CESANI MF; GARRAZA M; BERGEL SANCHÍS ML; LUIS MA; TORRES MF; QUINTERO FA; OYHENART EE
Revista:
PLOS ONE
Editorial:
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
Referencias:
Lugar: San Francisco; Año: 2012 vol. 8 p. 1 - 7
ISSN:
1932-6203
Resumen:
The purpose of this study was to analyze whether nutritional status and body composition varies according to the environment of residence (urban or rural) of children in the Brandsen district (Argentina). Weight, height, arm circumference and tricipital and subscapular skinfolds were performed in 1368 schoolchildren aged 3 to 14. NHANES III reference was used to estimate nutritional status -underweight, stunting, wasting, overweight, and obesity- and to evaluate body composition -deficit and excess of adipose (DA, EA) and muscular (DM, EM) tissues of the arm-. Central fat distribution (CFD) was estimated using the subscapular-tricipital index. A structured questionnaire filled by the parents, was implemented to evaluate socio-environmental characteristics. Differences of socio-environmental conditions, nutritional status, and body composition between urban and rural areas were analyzed using Chi-squared tests. The results indicated for the total sample: 1.1% underweight, 6.9% stunting,0.4% wasting, 12.1% overweight, 9.7% obesity, 22.0% DM, 2.5% EM, 0.1% DA, 17.6% EA, and 8.5% CFD. Significant differences between urban and rural areas were found only for CFD. The analysis of the socio-environmental showed that while access to public services and housing quality was significantly better in the urban area, a considerable number of city households lived under deficient conditions, lacked health insurance and had low socioeconomic level. Fifty-three percent of the undernourished children had DM without urban-rural significant differences, and none of them showed DA. In the overweight plus obesity group, 62.8% presented EA, 6.4% EM, 4.7% DM, and 22.8% CFD. The highest percentages of DM and CFD were recorded in rural areas (p