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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-9-18
pubmed:abstractText
In the late 1980's child malnutrition was still prevalent in Brazil, and child obesity was beginning to rise in the richest regions of the country. To assess the extent of the nutritional transition during the period and the influence of birth weight and maternal smoking on the nutritional condition of schoolchildren, we estimated the prevalence of excess weight and malnutrition in a cohort of Brazilian schoolchildren from 1987 to 1989. We calculated the body mass index (BMI) of 8- to 10-year-old schoolchildren born in Ribeirão Preto in 1978/79. We considered children with a BMI <5th percentile (P5) to be malnourished, children with P5 > or = BMI<P85 to be thin and normal, and children with BMI > or = P85 to be overweight. We evaluated the association of these nutritional disorders with birth factors (infant weight, sex, preterm delivery, number of pregnancies, maternal smoking during pregnancy, marital status, and schooling) and type of school using nominal logistic regression. A total of 2797 schoolchildren were evaluated. There was a significant prevalence of malnutrition (9.5%) and excess weight already tended to increase (15.7%), while 6.4% of the children were obese. Excess weight was more prevalent among children attending private schools (odds ratio, OR = 2.27) and firstborn children (OR = 1.69). Maternal smoking during pregnancy protected against malnutrition (OR = 0.56), while children with lower birth weight were at higher risk for malnutrition (OR = 4.23). We conclude that a nutritional transition was under way while malnutrition was still present, but excess weight and related factors were already emerging.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0100-879X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1221-30
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17713645-Birth Weight, pubmed-meshheading:17713645-Body Mass Index, pubmed-meshheading:17713645-Brazil, pubmed-meshheading:17713645-Child, pubmed-meshheading:17713645-Child Nutrition Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:17713645-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:17713645-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17713645-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17713645-Infant, Low Birth Weight, pubmed-meshheading:17713645-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:17713645-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17713645-Overweight, pubmed-meshheading:17713645-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:17713645-Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, pubmed-meshheading:17713645-Prevalence, pubmed-meshheading:17713645-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:17713645-Smoking, pubmed-meshheading:17713645-Socioeconomic Factors, pubmed-meshheading:17713645-Urban Population
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Are birth weight and maternal smoking during pregnancy associated with malnutrition and excess weight among school age children?
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Puericultura e Pediatria, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't