| Author | Orellana, Jesem Douglas Yamall | |
| Author | Coimbra Junior, Carlos Everaldo Alvares | |
| Author | Lourenço, Ana Eliza Port | |
| Author | Santos, Ricardo Ventura | |
| Access date | 2011-04-24T15:22:34Z | |
| Available date | 2011-04-24T15:22:34Z | |
| Document date | 2006 | |
| Citation | ORELLANA, Jesem D. Y.; COIMBRA JR., Carlos E. A.; LOURENÇO, Ana Eliza Port; SANTOS, Ricardo Ventura. Nutritional status and anemia
in Suruí Indian children, Brazilian Amazon. Journal de Pediatria, v. 82, n. 5, p. 383-388, 2006. | pt_BR |
| ISSN | 0021-7557 | |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/1953 | |
| Language | eng | pt_BR |
| Rights | open access | |
| Title | Nutritional status and anemia in Suruí Indian children, Brazilian Amazon | pt_BR |
| Type | Article | pt_BR |
| DOI | doi:10.2223/JPED.1528 | |
| Abstract | Objective: To assess the nutritional status of Suruí Indian children aged less than 10 years by means of
anthropometric measurements and determination of hemoglobin concentration levels.
Methods: The study was carried out from February to March 2005 in the Sete de Setembro Indian Reservation,
located on the boundary between the states of Rondônia and Mato Grosso, Amazonia, Brazil. Height and weight were
measured according to standard procedures and then compared with the National Center for Health Statistics
reference values (n = 284). Hemoglobin concentration was determined by a portable ß-hemoglobinometer
(Hemocue) (n = 268).
Results: The percentages of children £ -2 z scores for height for age, weight for age and weight for height were
25.4, 8.1 and 0%, respectively. For children aged less than 5 years, the percentages were 31.4, 12.4 and 0%. Most
children had anemia (80.6%), with a rate of up to 84.0% among those aged 6 to 59 months.
Conclusions: There is a high prevalence of protein-energy undernutrition and anemia among Suruí children.
Comparison with a previous survey indicated that the prevalence of height for age deficit significantly decreased
between 1987 and 2005 (from 46.3 to 26.7% in children younger than 9 years). On the other hand, 3.9% of the
children were overweight in 2005, a finding that had not been reported in 1987. The prevalence of anemia did not
change remarkably between these years. Despite the improvement in anthropometric parameters, the prevalence
of nutritional deficit has been persistently higher than that observed in the Brazilian population at large. It is therefore
necessary that systematic and regular monitoring of indigenous children s growth and development be implemented,
focusing mainly on nutritional surveillance. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa Leônidas e Maria Deane. Manaus. AM. Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública. Rio de Janeiro. RJ. Brasil | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública. Rio de Janeiro. RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública. Rio de Janeiro. RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Subject | Malnutrition | pt_BR |
| Subject | Anthropometry | pt_BR |
| Subject | Hemoglobin | pt_BR |
| Subject | Child health | pt_BR |
| Subject | South American Indians | pt_BR |
| xmlui.metadata.dc.subject.ods | 02 Fome zero e agricultura sustentável | |
| xmlui.metadata.dc.subject.ods | 03 Saúde e Bem-Estar | |
