RESUMO
We analysed data on overweight and stunting from large national surveys performed between 2001 and 2004 in 5 Arab countries (Djibouti, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Morocco, Syrian Arab Republic and Yemen). Overweight and stunting were defined according to new WHO growth standards. Overweight ranged from 8.9% in Yemen to 20.2% in Syrian Arab Republic. The risk ratio (RR) for overweight in stunted children ranged from 2.14 in Djibouti to 3.85 in Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. RR ranged from 0.76 in mildly stunted children of Yemen to 7.15 in severely stunted children in Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Etiological fraction in the population ranged from 7.49% to 69.76%.
Assuntos
Transtornos da Nutrição Infantil/complicações , Transtornos do Crescimento/complicações , Sobrepeso/etiologia , Índice de Massa Corporal , Transtornos da Nutrição Infantil/diagnóstico , Transtornos da Nutrição Infantil/epidemiologia , Pré-Escolar , Estudos Transversais , Djibuti/epidemiologia , Feminino , Transtornos do Crescimento/diagnóstico , Transtornos do Crescimento/epidemiologia , Humanos , Lactente , Líbia/epidemiologia , Masculino , Marrocos/epidemiologia , Inquéritos Nutricionais , Sobrepeso/diagnóstico , Sobrepeso/epidemiologia , Vigilância da População , Prevalência , Características de Residência/estatística & dados numéricos , Fatores de Risco , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Fatores Socioeconômicos , Síria/epidemiologia , Iêmen/epidemiologiaRESUMO
We analysed data on overweight and stunting from large national surveys performed between 2001 and 2004 in 5 Arab countries [Djibouti, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Morocco, Syrian Arab Republic and Yemen]. Overweight and stunting were defined according to new WHO growth standards. Overweight ranged from 8.9% in Yemen to 20.2% in Syrian Arab Republic. The risk ratio [RR] for overweight in stunted children ranged from 2.14 in Djibouti to 3.85 in Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. RR ranged from 0.76 in mildly stunted children of Yemen to 7.15 in severely stunted children in Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Etiological fraction in the population ranged from 7.49% to 69.76%
