Growth of school children in different urban environments in Argentina
Growth of school children in different urban environments in Argentina
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DOI：
10.3109/03014460.2010.515949
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发表时间：
2011-03-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Oyhenart, E. E.
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作者：
Dahinten, S. L.;Castro, L. E.;Oyhenart, E. E.
背景：营养转型已在不同国家得到描述，每个国家都有其固有的特点。此外，不同的模式也出现在同一个national.Aim：比较营养状况的学童，男女，生活在两个阿根廷城市不同的城市和环境特点，从营养transitions.Subjects和方法的角度：样本包括5355名儿童（6-13岁）生活在马德林港（丘布特）和阿尔韦亚尔将军（门多萨），阿根廷。根据NHANES I-II将体重和身高转换为Z评分;体重不足、发育迟缓和消瘦定义为-2 SD，超重和肥胖根据IOTF提出的截止值计算。结果：两个城市的比较揭示了显着的卡（2）值的营养状况分析的指标。马德林港的超重和肥胖患病率较高。阿尔韦亚尔将军表现出较高的发育迟缓和体重不足values.Conclusions：研究的城市处于不同阶段的营养转型。马德林港正在经历不断增长的工业化和城市化，因此表现出典型的“致肥胖”环境的特征。阿尔韦亚尔将军是一个不太复杂的城市中心，似乎保留了一些与农业生活方式有关的文化模式，处于一个不太先进的阶段。
Background: Nutritional transition has been described in various countries, each showing inherent characteristics. Furthermore, different patterns also appear within the same country.Aim: To compare the nutritional status of schoolchildren, of both sexes, living in two Argentine cities with different urban and environment characteristics, from the perspective of nutritional transition.Subjects and methods: The sample comprised 5355 children (6-13 years) living in Puerto Madryn (Chubut) and General Alvear (Mendoza), Argentina. Weight and height were transformed into Z-scores according to NHANES I- II; underweight, stunting and wasting defined by -2 SD and overweight and obesity calculated according the cut-off proposed by IOTF. Prevalences of nutritional status were estimated.Results: Comparison of the two cities revealed significant chi(2) values for the indicators of nutritional status analysed. Puerto Madryn had higher prevalences of overweight and obesity. General Alvear exhibited higher stunting and underweight values.Conclusions: The cities studied are in different stages of nutritional transition. Puerto Madryn is undergoing growing industrialization and urbanization and thus exhibits characteristics typical of an 'obesogenic' environment. General Alvear, a less complex urban centre, where some cultural patterns related to an agrarian way of life appear to have been retained, is situated at a less advanced stage.