Lung Function and Nutritional Status of Semi-nomadic Fulani Children and Adolescents in Northern Nigeria

Rh, Glew; Hs, Brock; VanDerVoort, Judith; Agaba, Patricia A; Ms, Harkins; Dj, VanderJagt

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“…The trend of these changes suggests dire consequences for child nutrition and health as malnutrition arising from both change in food habits and possible inequitable distribution of food within families, although yet undocumented, become rife. Studies on settled pastoral Fulani groups are scanty [ 5 ], while the increasing evidence of ill-health, morbidity and mortality in this group calls for the need to provide them with modern health care services [ 6 , 7 ]. Although the pastoral Fulani's are responsible for the provision of animal meats in countries where they are found, their welfare have been largely ignored by government due to inadequate resources since these groups are primarily nomadic.…”

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Prevalence of malnutrition among settled pastoral Fulani children in Southwest Nigeria

2008

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BackgroundThere is a dearth of information on the health of pastoral Fulani children living in southwestern Nigeria. These are fully settled pastoralists whose economy are centred on cattle and farming. In other to monitor and plan appropriate nutritional intervention for their children, a cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence of malnutrition of pastoral Fulani children.FindingsFulani's children aged 6 months to 15 years, living in 61 settlements in Kwara, Ogun and Oyo States in Southwestern Nigeria participated in the study. Heights and weights of 164 girls and 167 boys were measured. Their anthropometric indices, height-for-age (HA), weight-for-height (WH), and weight-for-age (WA) Z-scores determined. The prevalence of stunting (HAZ < -2), wasting (WHZ < -2) and underweight (WAZ < -2) was 38.7%, 13.6%, and 38.7%, respectively when compared to the reference NCHS/WHO standard used for defining stunting, wasting and underweight. Boys were more malnourished than the girls were, but this was not significant (stunting: χ2 = 0.36; df = 1; P = 0.54); (underweight: χ2 = 1.10; df = 1; P = 0.29); and (wasting: χ2 = 0.00; df = 1; P = 0.98) The mean of Z-scores of Height-for-age, Weight-for-age and Weight-for-height in children were -1.502, -1.634 and -0.931 respectively. The SD was 1.52, 1.09 and 1.20 respectively. Using WHO Malnutrition Classification systems, 38.7% of the children were found to be malnourished.ConclusionThese results indicate high prevalence of malnutrition among settled pastoral Fulani children, possibly due to changes in food habits and lifestyle occasion by the transition from nomadic to sedentary living. We suggest the inclusion of Fulani's settlements in nutritional intervention for these areas.

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Prevalence of malnutrition among settled pastoral Fulani children in Southwest Nigeria

2008

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“…This study observed a high level of malnutrition of 38.7% among settled nomadic Fulani children in Southwest Nigeria. Malnutrition in semi-nomadic Fulani children reported from the Northern part of Nigeria suggests that malnutrition is an important health problem among this group [7,9,12].…”

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“…Measurements were performed according to standard procedures of the World Health Organization [8]. Children were weighed wearing light clothes only, and they were measured using a digital scale accurate to 0.5 kg and height was measured to within 0.25 cm using a portable Stadiometer [9]. Ages of children were obtained from their parents or caregivers or sometimes calculated using local events, which could be dated, and linked to important life history episodes.…”

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Sedentism and malnutrition among nomadic <i>fulani</i> children in south western Nigeria

Ekpo¹,

Omotayo²,

Dipeolu³

2009

African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development

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Studies on the health, nutrition and growth of nomadic Fulani children are rare. In recent times, the nomadic Fulani of Northern Nigeria are gradually migrating and settling in the southern part of the county. The effect of these changes from nomadic to sedentary living is not known, particularly the effects on nutrition and development of their children. Therefore, a cross-sectional study on the nutrition and growth of Fulani children, aged six months to 15 years, living in Kwara, Ogun and Oyo States of South western Nigeria was conducted between March 2003 and December 2004. This population of Fulani are fully settled nomads whose economy and culture are now centred on cattle and farming. There is a dearth of information on the prevalence of malnutrition in this group. The heights and weights of 164 girls and 167 boys were measured, to determine their anthropometric indices, height-forage (HA), weight-forheight (WH), and weight-forage (WA) Z-scores. The prevalence of stunting (HAZ <-2), wasting (WHZ <-2) and underweight (WAZ <-2) was 38.7%, 13.6%, and 38.7%, respectively when compared to the reference National Centre for Health Statistics and World Health Organization (NCHS/WHO) standard used for defining stunting, wasting and underweight. Boys were more malnourished than the girls, but this was not statistically significant (stunting: χ 2 =0.36; df=1; P=0.54); (underweight: χ 2 =1.10; df=1; P=0.29); and (wasting: χ 2 =0.00; df=1; P=0.98). Using World Health Organization Malnutrition Classification systems, 38.7% of the children were found to be malnourished. It was concluded that malnutrition among the pastoral Fulani children could be linked to changes in food habits, which may be as a result of transition from a nomadic to sedentary lifestyle. It is suggested that food supplements, nutritional and health education programme should be introduce in pastoral Fulani settlements as a first step to improving the nutritional and growth of settled pastoral Fulani children.

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“…The immigrant children have been identified as having an array of poor health status and these include: growth retardation (Geltman, Radin, Zhang, Cochran, & Meyers, 2001;Huang, Stella et al, 2006) obesity (Fredriks, Buuren, Jeurissen, et al, 2004;Geltman, Radin, Zhang, Cochran, Meyers, 2001;Guarnaccia, Lopez, 1998), and mental health problems (Guarnaccia, Lopez, 1998;Hu, 2004). For children of internal migration, some studies have showed that they were stunted and underweight due to their bad lifestyles (Glew, Brock et al, 2004;Slesinger, Christenson, Cautley, 1986). Slesinger reported that the migrant farmers' children are at substantially greater risk of health problems and earlier mortality than the urban children in Wisconsin, since they lack access to regular physical checkup (Slesinger, Christenson, Cautley, 1986).…”

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“…Slesinger reported that the migrant farmers' children are at substantially greater risk of health problems and earlier mortality than the urban children in Wisconsin, since they lack access to regular physical checkup (Slesinger, Christenson, Cautley, 1986). Glew showed that west Africa Fulani immigrant children and adolescents (5 -18 years old) have smaller physiques than Nigerian children in northern Nigeria due to their poor lifestyles (Glew, Brock, et al, 2004). However, some studies have shown that immigration are likely to have earlier onset of puberty ,improved physical status and reduction of the prevalence of stunting (Bogin, Smith et al, 2002;Garnier, Ndiaye, Benefice, 2003).…”

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Physiques in Migrant Peasant Worker’s Children by Comparison with Rural and Urban Children in Shanghai, China

Lü¹,

Yin²,

Watanabe³

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Background: a few studies have been conducted which describe health status of Migrant Peasant Worker's children. However, there are no studies which compare physiques of MPW's children with those of rural children and urban children. Also, few studies have been done on physiques of MPW's children as it relates to socioeconomic factors in China. Methods: We examined across-sectional study of 2457 children from Shanghai and Wuhu city in 2011. First, we compared the differences of physiques among three groups by ANOVA. Second, ANCOVA were applied to analyze the associations between the physiques and socioeconomic factors by taking physiques as dependent variables. The independent variables included socioeconomic factors such as the parental occupation, the parental education and family monthly income. Third, ANCOVA were used to assess differences in physiques among the three groups by adjusting socioeconomic factors. Results: There were significant differences in all physical indexes, no matter they were boys and girls (P < .001). Children's physiques of MPW were smaller than those of children of Citizen in Shanghai City. Among all ages, regardless of gender, Children's physiques of MPW were bigger than those of children of rural resident. In both boys and girls all indexes displayed statistically significant associations with parental occupations (P < .001). There were strong associations between parental education and all physical indexes (P < .001). Family monthly income was found to be significantly associated with children's physiques (P < .001). In both boys and girls, there were strong associations between physique and group in all indexes (P < .001), but physiques hardly had any associations with socioeconomic factors. Conclusions: We find that physiques of MPW's children were smaller than those of children of citizen in Shanghai City, and physiques of MPW's children were bigger than those of children of rural resident. There are strong associations between physiques and socioeconomic factors.Keywords: Migrant Peasant Worker; Children; Physiques; Socioeconomic Factors; Group IntroductionWith the rapid urbanization in China, it was extremely obvious that there was shortage of labor in southeast coastal cities. Since the economic reform and Opening-Up Policy in China, the spare labor force was transferring from rural areas to cities, and the population of the labor has consistently increased. The term "Migrant Peasant Worker" (MPW), referred to those who migrate from rural areas to urban areas seeking employment opportunities. Most MPWs children accompanied their parents to the cities. At the end of 2009, the number of MPWs has reached over 145 millions (State Statistic Bureau, 2009). Moreover, the number of MPWs' children less than 14 years old was estimated at 15 millions, and about 380 thousand MPWs' children were in Shanghai City in (Xiong, 2010.Chinese government has classified every Chinese citizen as either "rural register" or "urban register" as a means of categorizing household registration. This sys...

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Lung Function and Nutritional Status of Semi-nomadic Fulani Children and Adolescents in Northern Nigeria

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Prevalence of malnutrition among settled pastoral Fulani children in Southwest Nigeria

Prevalence of malnutrition among settled pastoral Fulani children in Southwest Nigeria

Sedentism and malnutrition among nomadic <i>fulani</i> children in south western Nigeria

Physiques in Migrant Peasant Worker’s Children by Comparison with Rural and Urban Children in Shanghai, China

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