Estado nutricional de crianças indígenas Guarani nos estados do Rio de Janeiro e São Paulo, Brasil

• Autor(a) principal: Carla Tatiana Garcia Barreto
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Andrey Moreira Cardoso, Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: https://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/5701
• topic: População Indígena; Saúde da Criança; Inquéritos Nutricionais; Estado Nutricional

This article reports the results of a nutritional survey among Guarani indigenous children < 5 years of age in the States of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil. Prevalence rates for malnutrition according to various anthropometric indices were 50.4% (low stature-for-age), 7.9% (low weight-for-age), and 0.8% (low weight-for-stature). Prevalence of stunting in Guarani children was 96% higher than for indigenous children in Brazil as a whole (25.7%) and 7.2 times that in children from the general population (7%). Prevalence of anemia was 65.2%, 3.1 times higher than in non-indigenous children (20.9%). The study highlights the high prevalence of chronic undernutrition and anemia in Guarani children and calls attention to serious inequalities in health and nutrition that affect indigenous children in Brazil.