Secular trends in growth and nutritional status of Mozambican school-aged children and adolescents

The purpose of this study was to examine secular changes in growth and nutritional status of Mozambican children and adolescents between 1992, 1999 and 2012. 3374 subjects (1600 boys, 1774 girls), distributed across the three time points (523 subjects in 1992; 1565 in 1999; and 1286 in 2012), were s...

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Published in:PloS one 2014-12, Vol.9 (12), p.e114068-e114068
Main Authors: dos Santos, Fernanda Karina, Maia, José A R, Gomes, Thayse Natacha Q F, Daca, Timóteo, Madeira, Aspacia, Katzmarzyk, Peter T, Prista, António
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Analysis
Biology and Life Sciences
Body mass
Body mass index
Body weight
Child
Children
Developing countries
Economic growth
Female
Girls
Growth and Development
Health care
Humans
LDCs
Male
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mozambique
Nutrition
Nutritional Status
Obesity
Overweight
Pedagogy
Physical education
Population
Public health
Schools
Schools - trends
Sex Factors
Sociodemographics
Teenagers
Trends
Youth
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to examine secular changes in growth and nutritional status of Mozambican children and adolescents between 1992, 1999 and 2012. 3374 subjects (1600 boys, 1774 girls), distributed across the three time points (523 subjects in 1992; 1565 in 1999; and 1286 in 2012), were studied. Height and weight were measured, BMI was computed, and WHO cut-points were used to define nutritional status. ANCOVA models were used to compare height, weight and BMI across study years; chi-square was used to determine differences in the nutritional status prevalence across the years. Significant differences for boys were found for height and weight (p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0114068