Condições de nutrição em crianças Kamaiurá: povo indígena do Alto Xingu, Brasil Central

• Autor(a) principal: Mondini, Lenise
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Outros Autores: Canó, Eduardo N. [UNIFESP], Fagundes, Ulysses [UNIFESP], Lima, Evandro E. Souza [UNIFESP], Rodrigues, Douglas [UNIFESP], Baruzzi, Roberto Geraldo [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1415-790X2007000100005; http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/3602
• topic: Children; Indians; Growth deficit; Anemia; Alto Xingu; Brazil; Índios; Déficit de crescimento; Anemia; Alto Xingu; Brasil

In order to evaluate nutritional and anemic status, 112 Indian children (Kamaiurá), aged from 0 to 119.9 months, from the Alto Xingu region of central Brazil were studied in 2000/2001. The international growth reference - NCHS was used to evaluate height and weight, according to the child's age and gender. Growth deficit (stunting) and low weight status (wasting) were determined when height-for-age and weight-for-height indices were below _2 z scores, respectively, and obesity status when the weight-for-height index was above 2 z scores. Stunting was observed in 1/3 of the children and neither wasting nor obesity were observed. The anemic status was diagnosed by hemoglobin values below 11 g/dl for children from 6 to 59 months of age, and below 11.5 g/dl, for children from 60 to 119.9 months. About 50% of the Indian children were anemic and 15% were affected by severe anemia. There is a particular need to ensure efforts to implement environment, health and nutrition programs addressed to Kamaiurá children.