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Anthropometric indicators of children's nutrition in two Nigerian communities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

E.W. Ebomoyi ,
A.R. Wickremasinghe  and
Flora F. Cherry
E.W. Ebomoyi
Affiliation:
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
A.R. Wickremasinghe
Affiliation:
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Flora F. Cherry
Affiliation:
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Summary

On a sample of some 2000 children living in two ecologically different zones (the Wooded and Guinea savanna) in Kwara state, Nigeria, body measurements were taken, to serve as indicators of the state of nutrition. There was more undernutrition in the Guinea savanna than in the Wooded. More males than females were undernourished in the Guinea savanna but not in the Wooded. It is argued that the differences between districts stem from social and cultural variables.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 33 - 38
Copyright
Copyright © 1991, Cambridge University Press

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