Abstract

GRANDE COVIAN, F.; ROF CARBALLO, J.; JIMENEZ GARCIA, F.  and  MORATA CERNUDA, A.. Nutrition and child development I: nutritional status of school children in a peripheral district of Madrid (Rev Clin Esp 1944; XII:87-94). Nutr. Hosp. [online]. 2014, vol.30, n.3, pp.699-707. ISSN 1699-5198.  https://dx.doi.org/10.3305/nh.2014.30.3.7708.

A clinical study on the nutritional status of a group of school-aged children from a poor Madrilenian neighbourhood reveals the -relatively infrequent- existence of specific signs of deficiencies. There is a surprising contrast between this status and the considerable delay observed in the somatic development. Evidences seem to show that these children's nutritional problem is mainly a quantitative one. Their development delay is associated with an overall diet deficiency and more specifically with calcium deficiency, which is probably the most deficient item in these children diets. Anemia, present in 98% of the children, is not probably only due to a deficiency in iron, as the diet seems to bring a sufficient amount. It is more likely to be related to the poor content of animal protein in their daily intake.

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