Overweight in Goiás'quilombola students and food insecurity in their families

Objective: To characterize the nutritional status of quilombola students and determine the food security status of their households. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with students aged six to nineteen years from quilombola communities in twelve municipalities of Goiás categorized by age, gender, school location (urban/rural), and nutritional status based on the World Health Organization's height-for-age and body mass index for-age charts. The Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale was used for measuring food (in)security in their families. Descriptive and association analyses were conducted using the Chi-square test at a significance level of 5% (p<0.05). Results: In a sample of 226 students, overweight (17.2%) was more common than malnutrition (1.3%), especially in students attending urban schools (28.2%) (p<0.05). Most (75.2%) quilombola families experienced food insecurity, especially mild. Conclusion: The apparent contradiction of excess weight and food insecurity occurring simultaneously indicates the need of revising the study instruments and the causal network that identify poverty.

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Food insecurity arises the likelihood of hospitalization in patients with COVID-19

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-99610-4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Mohammad Ariya ◽

Jalal Karimi ◽

Somayeh Abolghasemi ◽

Zeinab Hematdar ◽

Mohammad Mehdi Naghizadeh ◽

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Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Food Insecurity ◽

Recovery Period ◽

Length Of Hospital Stay ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

World Health ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Health Organization

AbstractThe World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Corona pandemic as a public health emergency. This pandemic affects the main pillars of food security. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between food insecurity and the probability of hospitalization and the length of the recovery period after getting COVID-19. The cross-sectional study was performed through the census on COVID-19 patients diagnosed in Fasa, Iran. Informed consent, demographic, and food security questionnaire were completed over the phone. Then, all patients were followed up until recovery. Data were analyzed using SPSS26 and Chi-square test, t-test, and logistic regression (P < 0.05). In this study, 219 COVID-19 patients [100 (54.7%) male and 119 (54.3%) female] with a mean age of 40.05 ± 15.54 years old were examined. Possibility of hospitalization and the length of the recovery period of more than one month was significantly longer in the food-insecure group (P = 0.001) and (P = 0.37), respectively, but the mean length of hospital stay in the two groups was not significantly different (P = 0.76). After adjusting for all confounding variables, people with food insecurity were 3.9 times more likely to be hospitalized than those with food security. Overall, we observed that food-insecure people were significantly more likely to be hospitalized than the secure group.

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Nutritional status of 1-5 years children in the urban slum area of Jagdalpur city, Bastar region, Chhattisgarh

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20180779 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 1172

Author(s):

Q. H. Khan ◽

Garima Arora ◽

Susheel Kumar Nalli

Keyword(s):

Nutritional Status ◽

Immunization Coverage ◽

Urban Slum ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Present Cross Sectional Study ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Nutritional Status Of Children ◽

High Level

Background: Nutritional status is the best indicator of the child health. Malnutrition has both short and long term adverse ramifications. As per NFHS III 47% children are stunted in the state of Chhattisgarh. However still many communities in the tribal dominated and naxal affected state may remain affected, hence the study was planned to identify the nutritional status of children and find out its determinant.Methods: Present cross-sectional study was conducted among 12-59 months children in the urban slum of Jagdalpur city, Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. Predesigned and pretested questionnaire was administered to the caregiver of the child, information on socio-demographic characteristics was obtained and anthropometric measurements were taken. Statistical Analysis: all frequencies were derived for completeness of data. WHO Anthro Software version 3.1.0 was used to classify the malnutrition status. Chi-square test was applied to find association between dependent variables.Results: Out of 225 children 53.3% were boys and 46.7% were girls. The overall prevalence of underweight stunting and wasting was 28.4%, 41.3%, and 19.1% respectively.Conclusions: Prevalence of underweight has reduced in the district over a period of years. However high level of stunting, a sign of chronic hunger points towards the pivotal role of socio-demographic and behavioral practices prevalent in the district. Interaction with health system in the form of ANC, institutional delivery and safeguarding effective 100% immunization coverage has shown preventive effect.

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Study of magnitude and socio-demographic factors associated with anaemia among children of a school for mentally challenged in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182663 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (7) ◽

pp. 3141

Author(s):

Pritish K. Raut ◽

Shubhada S. Avachat ◽

Sachin Gupta ◽

Rutuja D. Pundkar

Keyword(s):

Nutritional Status ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Study Data ◽

Care Providers ◽

Feeding Problems ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Under Nutrition ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Socio Demographic Factors

Background: Anaemia is one of the important silent morbidity in childhood that affects the development of a child. Disabled children are more vulnerable for nutritional problems like under-nutrition or anaemia due to inadequate nutrient intake either due to feeding problems or poor feeding knowledge among care providers. However there are very few studies regarding nutritional problems of intellectually disabled. The aims of the study were to assess the nutritional status and magnitude of anaemia among mentally challenged children and to study the socio-demographic variables associated with anaemia among them.Methods: A Cross sectional study was conducted in a Day School for mentally challenged in Ahmednagar. All 45 children (Day scholars) were enrolled in the study. Data collection was done using a predesigned proforma for detail history. Anthropometric measurements and Body mass index were used for assessment of nutritional status. Haemoglobin estimation was done by using Sahali's Haemoglobinometer. The details of socioeconomic status and intelligence quotient (I.Q.) were taken from the official records of the school. Percentages, proportions and Chi square test were used for Statistical Analysis.Results: The mean age was 12.5 years, mean IQ was 37.8. More than half of the children were undernourished (64% had BMI<18.5). Mean Haemoglobin was 10.3 and 33 (73%) children were suffering from mild to moderate anaemia. Significant association was observed between degree of mental retardation and anaemia.Conclusions: Majority of mentally challenged children in our study were suffering from under nutrition and anaemia.

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Position of lips and tongue in rest in newborns with and without ankyloglossia

CoDAS ◽

10.1590/2317-1782/20202020069 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 33 (6) ◽

Author(s):

Silvia Márcia Andrade Campanha ◽

Roberta Lopes de Castro Martinelli ◽

Durval Batista Palhares

Keyword(s):

Visual Inspection ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

University Hospital ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Hospital Data ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Significance Level ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Chi Square Test

ABSTRACT Purpose Verify the position of lips and tongue at rest in newborns with and without ankyloglossia. Methods Cross-sectional study, carried out with 130 newborns in University Hospital. Data collection was performed by the researcher and speech-language pathologists from the Hospital. Information on gestational age, sex, weight, height and days of life was collected. The position of the lips and tongue at rest was evaluated through visual inspection with the newborns asleep. After the newborns were awakened, Neonatal Screening of the validated Protocol for the evaluation of the lingual frenulum for infants was performed to detect the alteration of the lingual frenulum. The data obtained were described and submitted to statistical analysis using the Chi-Square test to verify the association between the position of the lips with the tongue and to compare the position of the lips and tongue with and without ankyloglossia. The Mann-Whitney test was used to verify the behavior of the variables the differed between newborns with and without ankyloglossia. The significance level of 5% was adopted. Results When comparing the data, a significant difference was found between: weight and height with and without ankyloglossia; position of lips and tongue. An association between the position of the tongue and lips with and without ankyloglossia was also found. Conclusion Newborns without alteration of the lingual frenulum have a tendency to remain with their lips closed and their tongue elevated during rest and newborns with ankyloglossia have a tendency to keep their lips parted and their tongue low during rest.

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Predictive power of indicators to the perception of food and nutritional insecurity in the Bolsa Família Program

Gestão & Produção ◽

10.1590/0104-530x5168-20 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 27 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Daiane Roncato Cardozo ◽

Sinara Laurini Rossato ◽

Maria Rita Marques de Oliveira ◽

Vera Mariza Henriques de Miranda Costa ◽

Luiz Manoel de Moraes Camargo Almeida ◽

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Keyword(s):

Nutritional Status ◽

Food Insecurity ◽

Roc Curve ◽

Predictive Power ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Prevalence Ratio ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Bolsa Familia

Abstract: The objective was to analyze the predictive power of indicators of the perception of food and nutritional insecurity comparing beneficiary and non - beneficiary families of the Bolsa Família Program, through a cross - sectional study with 150 families. Demographic, socioeconomic, food insecurity (Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale), nutritional status (Body Mass Index) and household consumption patterns were collected. The correlation between the demographic, socioeconomic, nutritional status and level of food insecurity were tested using the Pearson correlation coefficient; the association with Chi-square and ANOVA tests; and the prevalence ratio and 95% confidence intervals with Poisson Regression model. The predictive power of indicators of food insecurity was evaluated with the ROC curve. Patterns of food consumption, demographic and health characteristics were not significantly correlated with food insecurity. In the analyzes with the ROC curve, among the beneficiary families, the income derived only from the Bolsa Família and the Renda Cidadã Program with the Bolsa Família presented a better predictive power of food insecurity, covering the curve by 70%, followed by the difference between the income from wages and rent and gas (70%). The proportions of the total income of families spent on rent and gas had low predictive power (67%). Income components, mainly rent and gas spending, showed a better performance in the prediction of food insecurity among beneficiaries of Bolsa Família, and could be a complementary quantitative indicator to the Brazilian Scale of Food Insecurity.

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Association between speech and dental occlusion changes in children with cleft lip and palate and time of primary plastic surgeries

Revista CEFAC ◽

10.1590/1982-0216/202123412420 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 23 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Gabriela Ribeiro Schilling ◽

Maria Cristina de Almeida Freitas Cardoso ◽

Paulo Sérgio Gonçalves da Silva ◽

Marcia Angélica Peter Maahs

Keyword(s):

Cleft Lip ◽

Cleft Lip And Palate ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Dental Occlusion ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Significance Level ◽

Exact Test ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Incisive Foramen

ABSTRACT Purpose: to describe the changes in speech and dental occlusion in children with cleft lip and palate and verify their association with each other and with the time of primary plastic surgeries. Methods: a cross-sectional study with collected data on the subjects’ identification, age at the time of primary surgeries, and clinical assessment of speech and dental occlusion. The chi-square test, Fisher's exact test, and t-test were used to verify the associations between the variables at the 5% significance level (p < 0.05). Results: the sample comprised 11 children aged 6 to 10 years, most of whom were males, self-reported white, with trans-incisive foramen cleft, predominantly on the left side. The mean age at lip repair surgery was 6 months, and 13 months at palatoplasty. Among the main dental occlusion changes, posterior and anterior crossbite stood out. All the subjects presented changed speech, with a prevalence of cases with dentoalveolar and palatine deformities, followed by passive and active changes. Subjects with anterior crossbite tended to have undergone primary lip repair surgery at a mean of four months earlier than the subjects without anterior crossbite. Conclusions: the associations between speech and dental occlusion changes, and between these and the time of primary plastic surgeries were not statistically significant. Even though it is known that early lip repair surgery is ideal to favor oral functions and aesthetics, the results revealed a tendency towards anterior crossbite, in these subjects.

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Comparison of stress in freshman and senior nursing students

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP ◽

10.1590/s1980-220x2017023503431 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 53 ◽

Author(s):

Fernanda Carneiro Mussi ◽

Cláudia Geovana da Silva Pires ◽

Luciana Santos Carneiro ◽

Ana Lúcia Siqueira Costa ◽

Fernanda Michelle Santos e Silva Ribeiro ◽

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Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Professional Education ◽

Linear Trend ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Stress Factors ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Significance Level ◽

Stress Levels ◽

Chi Square Test

ABSTRACT Objective: To compare stress levels in freshman and senior nursing students. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out in a public federal university of the state of Bahia, with students who answered questionnaires about sociodemographic variables, academic life, and a scale for assessing stress in nursing students. Chi-square and Fisher’s exact tests were applied to analyze the relationship between variables. To assess proportional trends between ordinal variables and groups, a chi-square test for linear trend was applied. The significance level was 5%. Results: One hundred and fifty-four students participated in the study. There was a tendency to higher stress levels among students in the last year compared to those in the first year, in four out of six domains: Performance of Practical Activities (p=0.00), Professional Communication (p=0.00), Environment (p=0.00) and Professional Education (p=0.00). Conclusion: High levels of stress were observed in students taking the last year. There is a need for broader research that includes other years of the course, an institutional reflection on stress factors and the adoption of an institutional policy that favors a better confrontation of stress factors.

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Hubungan Status Gizi dengan Kejadian Anemia pada Remaja Putri

Jurnal Kebidanan Mutiara Mahakam ◽

10.36998/jkmm.v8i2.108 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 112-118

Author(s):

Yulaeka Yulaeka

Keyword(s):

Nutritional Status ◽

Univariate Analysis ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Primary Data ◽

Bivariate Analysis ◽

P Value ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Teenage Girls ◽

Chi Square Test

Anemia is a condition when the levels of hemoglobin and erythrocytes are lower than normal. The normal value of hemoglobin in women is 12 -16 g / dl with erythrocytes from 3.5 to 4.5 jt / mm3. This study aimed to determine the relationship between nutritional status and Anemia of teenage girl. This research is analytic with cross sectional study design. The samples taken are 66 teenage girls, chosen by quote sampling. The data of this research used primary data obtained through checking up of body mass index and hemoglobin level. The data analysis used univariate analysis and bivariate analysis used Chi-square test. The results of this study indicate that there is a relationship between nutritional status and Anemia (p value 0.001).

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PENGARUH KEPATUHAN IBU HAMIL DALAM MENGKONSUMSI TABLET ZAT BESI DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS MUARA DUA KOTA LHOKSEUMAWE

Majalah Kesehatan Masyarakat Aceh (MaKMA) ◽

10.32672/makma.v2i1.879 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 43

Author(s):

Anita Marlina

Keyword(s):

World Health Organization ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

World Health ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Purposive Sampling ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Health Organization

Berdasarkan data World Health Organization (WHO) 2005, kejadian anemiapada ibu hamil setiap tahunnya tahunnya mencapai lebih dari 500.000 orang. Laporan dari Dunia menyebutkan bahwa frekuensi anemia dalam kehamilan cukup tinggi, terutama di Negara-negara berkembang berkisar 10-22%. Menurut data dari Dinas Kesehatan Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, jumlah ibu hamil di wilayah Kota Lhokseumawe sebesar 4.253 jiwa, sedangkan ibu hamil yang anemia sebesar 154 jiwa (3,62 %). Dari hasil penelitian dari beberapa puskesmas di wilayah Kota Lhokseumawe, bahwa Puskesmas Muara Dua yang masih banyak ibu hamil yang mengalami Anemia. Berdasarkan data Puskesmas Muara dua Kota Lhokseumawe jumlah ibu hamil 1.786 jiwa dan ibu hamil yang mengalami anemia sebesar 57 orang (3,19%). Penelitian ini bertujuan Untuk mendapat gambaran Faktor-Faktor Yang Mempengaruhi Kepatuhan Ibu Hamil Dalam Mengkonsumsi Tablet Zat Besi Di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Muara Dua Kota Lhokseumawe. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian metode survei Analitik dengan pendekatan Cross Sectional Study, populasi dalam penelitian ini ibu hamil yang berada dalam Wilayah kerja Puskesmas Muara Dua Kota Lhokseumawe, yaitu berjumlah 72 orang. Sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah ibu hamil yang berada diwilayah Puskesmas Muara Dua, dan pernah mendapatkan tablet besi. Teknik yang dipakai dalam penelitian ini adalah purposive sampling dengan menggunakan kriteria inklusi. Analisis data menggunakan uji Chi-square Test dengan kemaknaan 95 %. Hasil Penelitian menunjukkan frekuensi usia dengan kepatuhan berada pada kategori reproduksi sehat (72,2%), frekuensi pekerjaan dengan kepatuhan berada pada kategori tidak bekerja (65,3%), frekuensi pengetahuan dengan kepatuhan berada pada kategori cukup (75%). Ini menunjukkan ada hubungan antara usia, pekerjaan, dan pengetahuan. Kesimpulan hasil uji statistik Chi-square diketahui nilai tersebut lebih kecil dari alpha (p ≤ 0,05), maka Ha diterima.Kata Kunci : Ibu Hamil, Kepatuhan, Zat Besi.

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ASUPAN ZAT GIZI MAKRO DAN STATUS GIZI MAHASISWA ASING DI SURABAYA, INDONESIA[Macronutrient Consumption and Nutritional Status of International Students in Surabaya, Indonesia]

Media Gizi Indonesia ◽

10.20473/mgi.v14i2.132-139 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 132

Author(s):

Airin Levina ◽

Sri Sumarmi

Keyword(s):

International Students ◽

Nutritional Status ◽

Average Energy ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Macronutrient Intake ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Nutrition Intake ◽

Meal Time

Nutrient intake is one of the factors affect nutritional status. International students who live in other countries face different environment from their own country. The differences affects food habits, nutritional adequacy level, and nutritional status of international students. This study aimed to analyze the correlation of nutrition intake and nutritional status among international students in Surabaya. This cross-sectional study included 30 respondents. Food consumption was collected by Semi-Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire. Nutritional status determined by body weight and height. Chi-square test was used to analyze the correlation variables. The average energy intake of international students were 1,888 ± 379 kcal per day. The percentage of overweight international students were 20% and underweight were 16.7%. The results showed low correlation between energy (r=0.370) and protein (r=0.380) adequacy level with nutritional status, moderate correlation between fat adequacy level (r=0.410) and nutritional status, and no correlation between carbohydrate adequacy level (r=-) with nutritional status. The conclusion was lower macronutrient intake causes inadequacy energy level which causes one third of international students didn’t have normal nutritional status. Therefore, international students need to increase macronutrient intake by increasing meal-portion, choosing balanced food, and not skipping meal time.

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