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RCAN 2017; 27 (1)

Nutritional status of schoolchildren assisted at an Ecuadorian foster home

Álvarez CLR, Rojas CM, Escobar VG, Sierra NVH, Espinoza CJ, Fonseca PDM

Language: Spanish
References: 72
Page: 68-80
PDF size: 763.82 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Rationale: Reports on the nutritional status of Ecuadorian children cared for at orphanage are scarce. Objective: To describe the nutritional status of children assisted at an orphanage in the city of Guayaquil. Study design: Descriptive, cross-sectional. Study serie: One-hundred and eighteen children (Orphans: 44.0%; Girls: 59.9%; Average age: 8.0 ± 2.8 years) assisted at the “San José del Buen Pastor” school, city of Guayaquil (Ecuador), between September 2014 and June 2015. Material and method: Schoolchild’s nutritional status was established from Height for Age (Low Height for Age: ‹ - 2.0 standard deviations for sex and age) as well as Body Mass Index (BMI): Low Weight for Age: BMI ‹ -2.0 standard deviations for sex and age vs. Excessive Weight for Age: BMI › +2.0 standard deviations for sex and age. In addition, body fat (BF) size was estimated by means of electrical bioimpedance. Results: Low height for age frequency was 6.8% (Non-orphans: 3.0% vs. Orphans: 11.5% (Δ = -8.5%; p ‹ 0.05). Low weight for age presented in less than 1.0% of the study serie. On the other hand, excessive weight for age affected 2.5% of children. Nonorphan children reunited the extreme body weight values. Orphanhood did not influence upon BF size: Non-orphans: 25.2 ± 6.6% vs. Orphans: 19.8 ± 7.5% (p › 0.05). Conclusions: Forms of child undernutrition, as well as excessive body weight, were infrequent among the examined children.


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