Nutritional Condition of New Mexican Children

The growth status of Mexican American children and youths is reviewed in a historical perspective that begins in the 1920s. The early studies were more concerned with growth status as an indicator of undernutrition and associated growth stunting, while the more recent studies have overnutrition and excess fatness as a primary focus. Evidence from recent studies suggests a relatively large number of short but heavy Mexican American children and youths. The growth status of Mexican American children and youths is then discussed in the context of socioeconomic variation; the relationship between weight for stature or the body mass index and body proportions; skinfolds, body composition, and fat patterning; secular trends; and recent national health surveys including the National Health and Nutrition Examination surveys and the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

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Growth status of Mexican American children and youths: Historical trends and contemporary issues

Malina

Martorell

Mendoza

1986

Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.

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Secular trend in the stature and weight of Mexican‐American children in Texas between 1930 and 1970

Malina

Zavaleta²

1980

American J Phys Anthropol

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Statures and weights for four samples of Mexican-American children in Texas, measured in 1929-1931 and 1968-1972, were evaluated for evidence of a secular trend. The age range was 6 to 18 years, with more complete data from 8 through 15 years. There is no secular increase in the statures and weights of 6 year old children, a small increase in 8 year old children, and a larger secular increase at 10, 12, 14, and 15 years of age. From about 9 or 10 years of age on, the more recent Mexican-American children tend to have greater weights for their heights. The magnitude of the secular change per decade, however, is considerably smaller than rates for US black, white, European, and Japanese children. The estimated rates of secular change in stature for Mexican-American children approximate about one-fourth to one-half of the generalized rates for European and North American children offered by Meredith ('76) and Tanner ('77). Reasons for a limited secular trend in Texas Mexican-American children are probably bound to the matrix of lower socioeconomic circumstances, poorer health conditions, and marginal nutritional status.

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étude de l'alimentation dans les collectivités estudiantines en Belgique

Verdonk¹

1964

Z Ernährungswiss

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Nutritional Condition of New Mexican Children

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Growth status of Mexican American children and youths: Historical trends and contemporary issues

Growth status of Mexican American children and youths: Historical trends and contemporary issues

Secular trend in the stature and weight of Mexican‐American children in Texas between 1930 and 1970

étude de l'alimentation dans les collectivités estudiantines en Belgique

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