Magnitude of Child Malnutrition in the Northern Brazilian Region: A Scope Review

• Autor(a) principal: Corrêa, Ester Mourão
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Vessoni, André Teixeira, Jaime, Patrícia Constante
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.unilasalle.edu.br/index.php/saude_desenvolvimento/article/view/5752
• topic: Child Nutrition Disorders; Stunting; Amazonian Ecosystem; Saúde Pública Nutrição; Transtornos da desnutrição infantil; Ecossistema Amazônico; Déficit de crescimento

Introduction: The growth deficit of the first years of life favors high morbidity and mortality rates, as well as negatively influencing motor and mental development, and school performance. Knowing the severity of chronic malnutrition in the Northern Region may contribute to the improvement of nutritional attention in childhood.Objective: To describe the magnitude of the growth deficit in children under five in the States of the North Region, from 2008 to 2017.Methods: A review of the scope of growth defi cits in children under five years of age was carried out in the Northern Region. The literature search was carried out in the PubMed, Lilacs, Capes Bank of Theses and VHL repository databases. We identified 1,507 publications. After selection, we analyzed 34 publications that met the study objective. The data search, extraction and synthesis stages were guided by the Population, Interest and Context (PIC) strategy. Narrative synthesis of the data was performed. Results and Conclusions: The prevalence of childhood growth deficits was high, with the main factors being residence status, late age and indigenous ancestry. The data point to regional iniquities even with the reduction of chronic malnutrition in Brazil. The North Region still has high rates of growth deficits in childhood.