The aim of this study was to describe time trends in stunting and obesity in children under five years of age in Alagoas State, Brazil. Two surveys were conducted with representative samples, the first in 1992 (n = 1,228) and the second in 2005 (n = 1,384). Stunting was defined as height-for-age 2 standard deviations. Prevalence of stunting decreased from 22.5% to 11.4% (PR = 0.50; 95%CI: 0.42; 0.60), while obesity increased from 6.7% to 9.3% (PR = 1.36; 95%CI: 1.04; 1.77). During the same period there was a decrease (p ≤ 0.05) in the proportions of the following variables: rural residence, households without running water, households with more than four members, mothers with more than two children, low birth weight, and mother's lac...
AbstractObjectiveTo analyze the prevalence of excess weight and low height, and identify associated ...
AbstractObjectiveTo analyze the prevalence of excess weight and low height, and identify associated ...
OBJECTIVE: To describe time trends in under- and overnutrition in different regional and income stra...
Time trends (1992-2005) in undernutrition and obesity among children under fi ve years of age in Ala...
Introduction: Childhood obesity carries comorbidity in adolescence and adulthood. It has been consid...
Prevalências de déficits antropométricos e de obesidade foram medidas em duas coortes de nascimento ...
Health and nutritional characteristics of children under 5 years of age were investigated through a ...
OBJETIVO: Estimar a prevalência e a distribuição social da desnutrição e da obesidade na infância, e...
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the evolution in the prevalence and determinants of malnutrition in children ...
OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence of overweight, analyze its progression from 1989 to 2006 and i...
Introduction: Childhood obesity, an epidemic in many countries of the world, is a multifactorial con...
Objective: to describe the secular trends in overweight among preschool children in the years 1989, ...
In recent decades, Brazil has experienced a significant transformation in society's eating habits, c...
OBJETIVO: Examinar fatores socioeconômicos e outras condições de vida familiar associadas a excesso ...
OBJETIVO: Descrever a variação temporal na prevalência de desnutrição infantil na região Nordeste do...
AbstractObjectiveTo analyze the prevalence of excess weight and low height, and identify associated ...
AbstractObjectiveTo analyze the prevalence of excess weight and low height, and identify associated ...
OBJECTIVE: To describe time trends in under- and overnutrition in different regional and income stra...
Time trends (1992-2005) in undernutrition and obesity among children under fi ve years of age in Ala...
Introduction: Childhood obesity carries comorbidity in adolescence and adulthood. It has been consid...
Prevalências de déficits antropométricos e de obesidade foram medidas em duas coortes de nascimento ...
Health and nutritional characteristics of children under 5 years of age were investigated through a ...
OBJETIVO: Estimar a prevalência e a distribuição social da desnutrição e da obesidade na infância, e...
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the evolution in the prevalence and determinants of malnutrition in children ...
OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence of overweight, analyze its progression from 1989 to 2006 and i...
Introduction: Childhood obesity, an epidemic in many countries of the world, is a multifactorial con...
Objective: to describe the secular trends in overweight among preschool children in the years 1989, ...
In recent decades, Brazil has experienced a significant transformation in society's eating habits, c...
OBJETIVO: Examinar fatores socioeconômicos e outras condições de vida familiar associadas a excesso ...
OBJETIVO: Descrever a variação temporal na prevalência de desnutrição infantil na região Nordeste do...
AbstractObjectiveTo analyze the prevalence of excess weight and low height, and identify associated ...
AbstractObjectiveTo analyze the prevalence of excess weight and low height, and identify associated ...
OBJECTIVE: To describe time trends in under- and overnutrition in different regional and income stra...