BMI, body fat and waist-to-height ratio of stunted v. non-stunted Indian children: a case-control study.
Public Health Nutr
; 19(8): 1389-96, 2016 06.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To compare the BMI, body fat and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) of stunted and non-stunted children following different growth trajectories from low socio-economic strata in Mumbai, India.DESIGN:
Cross-sectional, case-control study. Weight, height, skinfold thicknesses and waist circumference were measured. Information regarding the duration of breast-feeding, age at initiation of complementary feeding and income was obtained. Birth weight was obtained from records. BMI, body fat, WHtR and change in weight sd were calculated.SETTING:
Children who were beneficiaries of anganwadis, Mumbai city, India.SUBJECTS:
Three hundred and thirty children aged 2-4 years were selected in each of the stunted and non-stunted groups after matching for age and sex.RESULTS:
After adjusting for birth weight, change in weight sd, duration of breast-feeding, age at complementary feeding initiation and income, stunted children had significantly higher body fat, WHtR and BMI than the non-stunted (P<0·01). The stunted and non-stunted children were classified based on their change in weight sd. Stunted children with no change in weight sd had higher mean body fat, BMI (P<0·01) and WHtR (P<0·05) than their non-stunted counterparts. In the catch-up growth group, stunted children had higher BMI and WHtR than the non-stunted (both P<0·001). In the catch-down growth group, stunted children had higher BMI than the non-stunted (P<0·001).CONCLUSIONS:
Stunting was seen to increase the tendency of conserving body fat in young children. Such a tendency, if continued during later childhood and adolescence, can increase the risk of obesity and non-communicable diseases.Palavras-chave
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Índice de Massa Corporal
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Adiposidade
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Razão Cintura-Estatura
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Transtornos do Crescimento
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Public Health Nutr
Assunto da revista:
CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Índia