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Anthropometric and cycloergometric assessment of the nutritional status of the children of agricultural migrant workers in Southern Brazil
1981; Elsevier BV; Volume: 34; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1093/ajcn/34.9.1925
ISSN1938-3207
AutoresI. D. Desai, M L Garcia Tavares, Bruno Salvador Oliveira, M I Desai, Lourdes Romero, Francesca Vichi, F. A. M. Duarte, José Eduardo Dutra de Oliveira,
Tópico(s)Physical Education and Gymnastics
ResumoIn our survey of the food habits and nutritional status of “Boia-Fria” agricultural migrant workers in Southern Brazil, a special project was undertaken to assess the influence of socioeconomic and dietary deprivation on the physical growth and development and physical performance of their children. Four hundred fifty-five children in Boia-Fria families from Vila Recreio, a periurban slum of Ribeirao Preto located in the interior of the state of Sao Paulo, were examined for body weight, standing height, mid-upper arm muscle circumference, and head circumference. For comparison, 475 children from “Vita et Pax”, a private school attended primarily by children of well-to-do families from the city of Ribeirao Preto, were also examined using similar anthropometric procedures. A small group of selected Boia-Fria children and their well-to-do counterparts were subjected to ergometric-cum-electrocardiographic testing for submaximal physical work performance. The overall results of this comparative study indicate that the physical growth and development and the physical performance of the Boia-Fria children are significantly lower than their well-to-do counterparts. It is suggested that the poor anthropometric and ergometric status of the Boia-Fria children is a reflection of poor dietary habits and socioeconomic deprivation prevalent among the agricultural migrant workers and poor periurban populations of Brazil.
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