Sazonalidade e estado nutricional de populações indígenas: o caso Wari', Rondônia, Brasil

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2007
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Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca
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Seasonality and nutritional status of indigenous peoples: the case of Wari' in Rondônia State, Brazil
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.Museu Nacional. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
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Despite the importance of nutritional status and eating practices among Brazilian indigenous populations, the subject has received little research attention. This study examines the Wari' community in Rondônia State, in the southwest Amazon. Two anthropometric surveys, six months apart, were carried out to characterize the group's nutritional status and investigate possible seasonal variations (n = 279 and 266; age range, 0-87 years). Prevalence rates of low height for age (61.7%) and weight for age (51.7%) in Wari' under-5 children were among the highest reported in the literature on indigenous populations in Brazil. Overweight and obesity were not common in the population, regardless of age. According to the anthropometric data, nutritional conditions are generally worse during the rainy season, when undernutrition increases in children, and both male and female adults lose weight. Seasonality is an important factor when defining nutritional surveillance protocols and discussing the nutritional status of indigenous peoples.
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Brasil, Índios Sul-Americanos, Região Norte, Saúde de Populações Indígenas, Região Amazônica, Epidemiologia, Rondônia, Saúde da Criança, Antropometria, Determinantes Sociais da Saúde, Estudos Epidemiológicos, Estado Nutricional, Avaliação Nutricional, Wari’, Deficiências Nutricionais, Baixa Estatura para Idade, Baixo Peso para Idade, Crescimento Infantil, Curvas de Crescimento, Inquéritos Nutricionais, Desnutrição Infantil, Saúde do Adolescente, Nanismo Nutricional, Condições Ambientais, Pakaá Nova, Alimentação e Nutrição
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Brasil, Índios Sul-Americanos, Saúde de Populações Indígenas, Ecossistema Amazônico, Epidemiologia, Saúde da Criança, Antropometria, Determinantes Sociais da Saúde, Estudos Epidemiológicos, Estado Nutricional, Avaliação Nutricional, Deficiências Nutricionais, Inquéritos Nutricionais, Transtornos da Nutrição Infantil, Saúde do Adolescente, Nanismo Nutricional, Alimentos, Dieta e Nutrição
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LEITE, Maurício Soares; SANTOS, Ricardo Ventura; COIMBRA JUNIOR, Carlos Everaldo Alvares. Sazonalidade e estado nutricional de populações indígenas: o caso Wari', Rondônia, Brasil. Cadernos de Saúde Pública, v. 23, n. 11, p. 2631-2642, nov. 2007.
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10.1590/S0102-311X2007001100011
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