Nutritional status of children of urban low-income communities, Brazil (1986) Estado nutricional de crianças de comunidades de baixa renda, Brasil, 1986

• Main Authors: Maria Carmen Bisi Molina (Author), Rainer Gross (Author), Bernd Schell (Author), Maria Antonia Cuelho Leão (Author), Ulrike Strack (Author), Brunke Brunken (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 1989-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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During the second half of 1986 the health and nutritional status of 254 children aged up to six years was studied, as well as the socio-economic situation of their parents in two favelas (shantytowns) in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The nutritional status of the children was characterized by stunting (Z-...