Acute and chronic malnutrition and their predictors in children aged 0–5 years in São Tomé: a cross-sectional, population-based study

A Valente, D Silva, E Neves, F Almeida, JL Cruz… - Public health, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective Undernutrition is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in infants and
children worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate the nutritional status and their …

[PDF][PDF] Malnutrition among children under 60 months of age in two cities of the state of Acre, Brazil: prevalence and associated factors

OF Souza, MHDA Benício, TG Castro… - Revista Brasileira …, 2012 - SciELO Public Health
Objective: To investigate the prevalence of malnutrition and associated factors in children
under the age of 60 months in two cities in the state of Acre, Brazil. Methods: A population …

Undernutrition prevalence and social determinants in children aged 0-59 months, Niteroi, Brazil

VMR Marins, R Almeida - Annals of Human Biology, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: With the aim of diagnosing the nutritional status and nutritional social-economic
determinants in children aged 0-59 months, 2194 children were studied in the three Health …

Causes for the decline in child under-nutrition in Brazil, 1996-2007

CA Monteiro, MHDA Benicio, SC Konno… - Revista de saude …, 2009 - SciELO Brasil
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To describe the evolution of prevalence of under-nutrition among
Brazilian underfives between 1996 and 2007, and to identify major factors responsible for …

Determinants of mild-to-moderate malnutrition in preschoolers in an urban area of Northeastern Brazil: a hierarchical approach

AMO Assis, ML Barreto, LPM de Oliveira… - Public health …, 2008 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveTo investigate the determinants of mild-to-moderate malnutrition in preschoolers.
DesignCross-sectional study conducted in October and November 1996, with a …

An intra-community profile of nutritional deficiency: a study of children under 5 years of age in a low-income community in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

ME Reichenheim, T Harpham - Revista de Saúde Pública, 1990 - europepmc.org
This study is part of a larger epidemiological study concerned with the health status of
children under the age of five carried out in the squatter settlement of Rocinha, and focuses …

Risk factors for malnutrition in Brazilian children: the role of social and environmental variables

CG Victora, JP Vaughan, BR Kirkwood… - Bulletin of the World …, 1986 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The article reports the effects of several socioeconomic and environmental indicators on the
nutritional status (stunting, underweight, and wasting) of a sample of 802 children aged 12 …

[HTML][HTML] Child undernutrition in one of the cities with greater nutritional risk in Brazil: population-based study in the Western Brazilian Amazon

TS Araújo, CSM Oliveira, PT Muniz… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
Objetivo: Estimar a prevalência de desnutrição infantil e fatores associados em um
município de elevado risco nutricional do Brasil. Métodos: Estudo transversal de base …

Secular trends in malnutrition and obesity among children in S. Paulo city, Brazil (1974-1996)

CA Monteiro, WL Conde - Revista de Saúde Pública, 2000 - SciELO Brasil
OBJETIVO: Estimar a prevalência ea distribuição social da desnutrição e da obesidade na
infância, estabelecer a tendência secular dessas enfermidades e analisar sua …

Determinants of malnutrition in a low-income population: hierarchical analytical model

MTA Olinto, CG Victora, FC Barros… - Cadernos de Saúde …, 1993 - SciELO Brasil
Para investigar os determinantes da desnutrição infantil em populações de baixa renda,
foram estudados os efeitos de variáveis sócioeconômicas, ambientais, reprodutivas, de …