| Titre : | Growth in indigenous and nonindigenous Chilean schoolchildren from 3 poverty strata. (2001) |
| Auteurs : | Patricia BUSTOS ; Hugo AMIGO ; Reynaldo MARTORELL ; Sergio-R MUNOZ ; Department of Nutrition. School of Medicine. University of Chile. Santiago. CHL |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 91, n° 10, 2001) |
| Pagination : | 1645-1649 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Développement staturopondéral ; Enfant 6 9 ans ; Enfant ; Homme ; Chili ; Amérique ; Pauvreté ; Facteur socioéconomique ; Ethnie ; Taille corporelle ; Amérique du Sud |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS R0xqDG3H. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. This study sought to determine whether the short stature of Mapuche children, an indigenous group in Chile, reflects poverty or genetic heritage and whether the international reference population, derived from studies of US children of mostly European origin, is appropriate for assessing growth failure in indigenous peoples of the Americas. Methods. The study assessed 768 schoolchildren of Mapuche and non-Mapuche ancestry, aged 6 to 9 years, living under conditions of extreme, medium, and low poverty. Results. Growth retardation was strongly related to poverty in both ethnic groups. Within poverty levels, there were no significant differences in stature between ethnic groups, and in low-poverty areas in Santiago, the capital city, mean stature was only slightly less than in the reference population. Conclusions. Poverty, not ancestry, explains the short stature of Mapuche children, and use of the international reference to assess growth in this population is appropriate. |
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