The Social Dimension of Adolescent Health: Challenges for Paediatric Research and Practice

Richter, Michael; Körholz, Dieter

doi:10.1055/s-0035-1549976

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“…If the status quo remains unchanged over the mid-term and long run, unborn infants and children under age five from poor households are unlikely to realize their full growth potential. Poor nutrition during childhood has been associated with poor adult health and poverty in adulthood (Alemán-díaz et al, 2016 ; Richter et al, 2015 ). Underweight mothers have also reported giving birth to children with growth anomalies (Currie and Moretti, 2007 ).…”

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Household Resilience to Food and Nutrition Insecurity during COVID-19 in Tanzania

2022

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We examine food and nutrition security and the household’s ability to respond adequately to shock and stressors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, we assess household resilience to food insecurity and its relation to future food security. We use two survey rounds collected during the pandemic – before and after the second wave of the pandemic–from the vulnerable population living in slums in Tanzania. The findings reveal that many households have low resilience to shock. We find that COVID-19 reduced access to food in 68% of the households and left about 30% without any food to eat. We also find that micronutrient consumption significantly declined among households who reported food insecurity following the second wave of COVID-19. We also find that the probability of experiencing food insecurity reduced with the initial resilience level. High resilient households have a higher likelihood of maintaining or diversifying more their diets even when are exposed to shock. The disruption of income-generating activities was found as a leading pathway through which COVID-19 affected household food security. The findings suggest that with persisting COVID-19 pandemic and the low level of micronutrients consumption, the nutrition of children and adult household members of the vulnerable population is at stake.

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Household Resilience to Food and Nutrition Insecurity during COVID-19 in Tanzania

2022

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“… 10 On the other hand, existing data show that girls seem to be more vulnerable to the influences of social inequalities in general. 53 …”

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Does physiological distribution of blood parameters in children depend on socioeconomic status? Results of a German cross-sectional study

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ObjectivesIn the present study, we examined the relation between socioeconomic status (SES) and the physiological distribution of iron-related blood parameters.DesignThis is a cross-sectional analysis of longitudinal population-based cohort study.SettingBased on a sample of healthy participants from a German research centre, various blood parameters and values of clinical examinations and questionnaires were collected.ParticipantsA total of 1206 healthy volunteers aged 2.5 to 19 years, one child per family randomly selected, were included.Primary and secondary outcome measuresAssociations between the SES of children by Winkler-Stolzenberg Index (WSI) and its dimensions (income, education, occupation) and iron-related blood parameters (haemoglobin, ferritin and transferrin) were analysed by linear regression analyses. Gender and pubertal stage were included as covariables. Additionally, associations between SES of children by WSI and physical activity (side-to-side jumps, push-ups) as well as body mass index (BMI) were analysed by linear regression analyses.ResultsChildren with high WSI or family income showed significantly increased z-scores for haemoglobin (P=0.046; P<0.001). Children with increased WSI or family income showed significantly lower z-scores for transferrin (P<0.001). There was a significant correlation between haemoglobin and gender (P<0.001) and between transferrin and pubertal stage (P=0.024). Furthermore, physical activity was positively correlated and BMI was negatively correlated with WSI (P<0.001).DiscussionOur data show an association between SES and the distribution of iron-dependent parameters. Lower SES is correlated with lower values for haemoglobin and higher values for transferrin. Furthermore, we demonstrate that physical activity and BMI are associated with SES. Whereas higher SES is correlated with higher values for physical activity and lower BMI. Our parameters are standardised as z-scores with the advantages that the results are comparable across different age groups and present physiological courses.Trial registration numberNCT02550236; Results.

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Body weight regulation, socioeconomic status and epigenetic alterations

2018

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The Social Dimension of Adolescent Health: Challenges for Paediatric Research and Practice

Cited by 4 publications

References 57 publications

Household Resilience to Food and Nutrition Insecurity during COVID-19 in Tanzania

Household Resilience to Food and Nutrition Insecurity during COVID-19 in Tanzania

Does physiological distribution of blood parameters in children depend on socioeconomic status? Results of a German cross-sectional study

Body weight regulation, socioeconomic status and epigenetic alterations

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