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[Social environment in marasmic malnutrition]. 1991

M Vial, and J Alvear, and C Artaza

INTA, Universidad de Chile.

Undernutrition is associated with precarious sociocultural conditions. Concerned to break the vicious circle of undernutrition and poverty, Chile has developed programs to solve this problem, among these are the Closed Nutritional Recovery Centers (CNRC), where undernourished infants are treated and their families are educated, in order to improve their quality of life and to sustain, after treatment, the nutritional status achieved by their children at the center. We have followed up for the past 9 years of 283 children who were admitted at age 9.96 +/- 4.97 (mean +/- SD) months, (weight/age 63.05 +/- 8.4% NCHS standards), for treatment in a CNRC. Only 13% of them sustained the nutritional status achieved before discharge, which proceeded at age 13.42 +/- 5.1 months, (weight/age 81.64 +/- 8.9). We also studied, in two transversal points along follow up, the socio-cultural factors that influence nutrition after discharge from the CNRC: father's alcoholism, the presence of another malnourished infant at home, and low socio-economic status at admission were significantly related to bad nutritional long term evolution, while higher educational level and marital stability favored better outcomes.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011203	Poverty	A situation in which the level of living of an individual, family, or group is below the standard of the community. It is often related to a specific income level.	Federal Poverty Level,Federal Poverty Threshold,Indigency,Low-Income Population,Absolute Poverty,Extreme Poverty,Indigents,Low Income Population,Federal Poverty Levels,Indigent,Level, Federal Poverty,Low Income Populations,Low-Income Populations,Population, Low Income,Population, Low-Income,Poverty Level, Federal,Poverty Threshold, Federal,Poverty, Absolute,Poverty, Extreme
D011502	Protein-Energy Malnutrition	The lack of sufficient energy or protein to meet the body's metabolic demands, as a result of either an inadequate dietary intake of protein, intake of poor quality dietary protein, increased demands due to disease, or increased nutrient losses.	Marasmus,Protein-Calorie Malnutrition,Malnutrition, Protein-Calorie,Malnutrition, Protein-Energy,Malnutritions, Protein-Energy,Protein Calorie Malnutrition,Protein Energy Malnutrition
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002677	Chile	A country in southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Argentina and Peru.
D005500	Follow-Up Studies	Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.	Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000886	Anthropometry	The technique that deals with the measurement of the size, weight, and proportions of the human or other primate body.