Growth status of disadvantaged urban Guatemalan children of a resettled community

This paper reports the physical growth and body composition from the first year of a longitudinal study of 519 Guatemalan children, and their families, from a disadvantaged urban community consisting largely of refugees of the 1976 earthquake. Four cohorts are described, composed of children of 1,3,...

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Published in:American journal of physical anthropology 1985-10, Vol.68 (2), p.215-224
Main Authors: Johnston, Francis E., Low, Setha M., de Baessa, Yetilu, MacVean, Robert B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Factors
Body Composition
Body Height
Body Weight
Child
Child growth
Child, Preschool
Disasters
Evaluation
Female
Growth
Guatemala
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Malnutrition
Muscles - anatomy & histology
Nutrition
Poverty
Refugees
Sex Factors
Urban Population
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Summary:This paper reports the physical growth and body composition from the first year of a longitudinal study of 519 Guatemalan children, and their families, from a disadvantaged urban community consisting largely of refugees of the 1976 earthquake. Four cohorts are described, composed of children of 1,3,5, and 7 years at examination. The children are smaller, weigh less, and have reduced fat stores compared either to NCHS reference data or to upper SES Guatemalan children. Stature (or length) and head circumference deviate more from reference data than do triceps or upper arm muscle circumference. Greater deviations are found in the linear dimensions of males than of females. These children are the smallest yet described from Guatemala City, though they are slightly larger than available rural samples. This suggests a continuum of environmental effects acting upon the growth of children of differing socioeconomic levels.
ISSN:0002-9483
1096-8644
DOI:10.1002/ajpa.1330680208