Variations in Estimates of Underweight, Stunting, Wasting, Overweight and Obesity in Children from Argentina Comparing Three Growth Charts

PADULA G; SEOANE AI; SALCEDA SA

PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION.

CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS

Lugar: Cambridge; Año: 2012 vol. 15 p. 2086 - 2090

1368-9800

Objective: To compare estimates of underweight, stunting, wasting, overweight and obesity based on three growth charts. Design: Cross-sectional study to estimate weight-for-age, length/height-for-age and weight-for-height comparing the 2006 WHO Child Growth Standards (‘the WHO standards’), the 1977 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) international growth reference (‘the NCHS reference’) and the 1987 Argentine Pediatric Society Committee of Growth and Development reference (‘the APS reference’). Cut-off points were defined as mean values +2 SD. Epi-Info software version 6.0 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) was used for statistical evaluations (x2, P