Influência das condições socioeconômicas nas alterações nutricionais e na taxa de metabolismo de repouso em crianças escolares moradoras em favelas no município de São Paulo

• Autor(a) principal: Grillo, L.p. [UNIFESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2000
• Outros Autores: Carvalho, L.r. de, Silva, Antonio Carlos da [UNIFESP], Verreschi, Ieda Therezinha do Nascimento [UNIFESP], Sawaya, Ana Lydia [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0104-42302000000100002; http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/928
• topic: Resting metabolic rate; Stunting; Girls; Intestinal parasitic infection; Socioeconomic conditions; Desnutrição proteico-energética; Criança; Condições sociais; Metabolismo energético; Parasitoses intestinais

PURPOSE: A cross-sectional study was carried out to characterize the alterations in the resting metabolic rate (RMR), and socioeconomic conditions of 15 stunted (DP= height/age < 95% and 110% 3 weight/height >90%) and 15 nonstunted (EU= height/age > 95% and 110% 3 weight/height >90%) school girls living in shantytowns of São Paulo. METHODS: Resting metabolic rate was measured using indirect calorimetry. Socioeconomic data was collected during home visits by administration of a questionnaire. RESULTS: The mildly stunted group had a higher RMR when expressed as Kcal/kg body weight (EU= 40,5 Kcal/kg/day; DP=44,4 Kcal/kg/day; p<0.05) and lean body mass (EU= 49,2 Kcal/kg/day; DP=52,5 Kcal/kg/day; p<0.05). Stunting was associated with maternal illiteracy (EU= 13,3%; DP=57,1%; p<0.05), income per capita (EU=US$107,14; DP=US$54,40; p< 0.05), number of parasites per child (EU=0; DP=1; p<0.05), birth order (EU=2; DP=4; p< 0.05), and number of siblings (EU=4; DP=6; p<0.01). Stunting was best predicted by income percapita and maternal illiteracy by using multiple logistic regression. CONCLUSIONS: Although the two groups had normal weight/height, the group with mild stunting showed socioeconomic and metabolic alterations, typical of a malnourished condition.