Secular Trends in Growth and Nutritional Status of Mozambican School-Aged Children and Adolescents

Fernanda Karina dos Santos, José A R Maia, Thayse Natacha Q F Gomes, Timóteo Daca, Aspacia Madeira, Peter T Katzmarzyk and António Prista

PLOS ONE, 2014, vol. 9, issue 12, 1-15

Abstract: Objectives: 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. Methods: 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. Results: Significant differences for boys were found for height and weight (p 2012), and those from 2012 had the highest BMI (1999

Date: 2014
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