Evaluación nutricional de escolares Hausa de Batata (Sur de Níger)

  • S. MORENO-ROMERO
  • M.D. Marrodán Serrano
Keywords: Nutritional status, Body composition, BMI, Physical growth, África

Abstract

The present paper studies the nutritional status assessment of Niger rural schoolchildren using body composition anthropometric estimators. Likewise, validity of exclusive use of traditional indicators –weight, height and Body Mass Index (BMI)- is evaluated. The sample is composed of 137 Hausa schoolchildren, between 6 and 15 years old from Sae Saboua comunity, Batata. Twelve anthropometric direct measurements were taken. BMI was calculated, mid-arm and total body composition were estimated. NHANES I y II for black population was selected as reference criteria (Frisancho 1990). Results show that BMI tends to underestimate protein malnutrition and overrate caloric one in a way that body composition analysis is necessary for a correct nutritional status assessment.

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Published
2010-01-08
How to Cite
MORENO-ROMERO S. y Marrodán Serrano M. (2010). Evaluación nutricional de escolares Hausa de Batata (Sur de Níger). Observatorio Medioambiental, 12, 155-165. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/OBMD/article/view/OBMD0909110155A
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Vol. 12 (2009)
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