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Assessment of nutrition and learning skills in children aged 5–11 years old from two elementary schools in Chocó, Colombia

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dc.creatorBotero Meneses, Juan Sebastián
dc.creatorAguilera-Otalvaro, Paula Andreaspa
dc.creatorPradilla, Ivánspa
dc.creatorTalero Gutiérrez, Claudiaspa
dc.creatorRuíz Sternberg, Ángela María
dc.creatorVélez van Meerbeke, Alberto Franciscospa
dc.creatorPinzón Rondón, Ángela María
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-26T00:09:57Z
dc.date.available2020-05-26T00:09:57Z
dc.date.created2020spa
dc.description.abstractBackground: Malnutrition has been identified as a factor in growth and learning. The current study aimed to determine the nutritional status and basic learning skills of children from Chocó, Colombia. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 631 children aged 5–11 years from two schools, collecting anthropometric measurements, nutritional quality surveys and sociodemographic data. Neuropsychological batteries were applied. Results: A total of 523 children were evaluated, with an average age of 8.49 ± 2.1 years. The results revealed that 2.9% of children were underweight, 0.4% were severely underweight, and 4.8% were diagnosed as having stunted growth. In addition, 71.8% of children were unable to draw a human figure. Beery-Buktenica Visual-Motor Integration test (VMI) performance was below the scores expected for these age groups in 73.9% of children. Battery of Differential and General Abilities (BADYG) performance revealed limited verbal skills. In a subsample of 117 children, anemia was detected in 12.8% of cases, and iron deficiency was present in 44.4% of cases. Global malnutrition was associated with impairments in BADYG performance (OR: 1.98; 95% CI: 1.07–3.86). Conclusions: The current results revealed that learning performance was below the expected level for children in these age groups across all of the applied tests. Although malnutrition could partially explain the poor performance of children in tests of learning abilities, additional factors are likely to be involved. © 2020 The AuthorsNervous system; Pediatrics; Language development; Language learning; Educational development; Learning; Child malnutrition; Public health; Language. © 2020 The Authorseng
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03821
dc.identifier.issn24058440
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/24192
dc.language.isoengspa
dc.publisherElsevier Ltdspa
dc.relation.citationIssueNo. 4
dc.relation.citationTitleHeliyon
dc.relation.citationVolumeVol. 6
dc.relation.ispartofHeliyon, ISSN:24058440, Vol.6, No.4 (2020)spa
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dc.source.instnameinstname:Universidad del Rosariospa
dc.source.reponamereponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocURspa
dc.subject.keywordChild malnutritionspa
dc.subject.keywordEducational developmentspa
dc.subject.keywordLanguagespa
dc.subject.keywordLanguage developmentspa
dc.subject.keywordLanguage learningspa
dc.subject.keywordLearningspa
dc.subject.keywordNervous systemspa
dc.subject.keywordPediatricsspa
dc.subject.keywordPublic healthspa
dc.titleAssessment of nutrition and learning skills in children aged 5–11 years old from two elementary schools in Chocó, Colombiaspa
dc.typearticleeng
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