266
Views
21
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Paper

Physical growth curves of indigenous Xavante children in Central Brazil: results from a longitudinal study (2009–2012)

, , &
Pages 293-303 | Received 14 Dec 2015, Accepted 23 May 2016, Published online: 20 Jun 2016

References

  • Amigo H, Bustos P, Kaufman JS. 2010. Absence of disparities in anthropometric measures among Chilean indigenous and non-indigenous newborns. BMC Public Health 10:392.
  • Anderson I, Robson B, Connolly M, Al-Yaman F, Bjertness E, King A, et al. 2016. Indigenous and tribal peoples' health (The Lancet–Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration): a population study. Lancet, Online First, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00345-7.
  • Ashworth A, Shrimpton R, Jamil K. 2008. Growth monitoring and promotion: review of evidence of impact. Matern Child Nutr 4(Suppl 1):86–117.
  • Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva (ABRASCO). 2010. Inquérito Nacional de Saúde e Nutrição dos Povos Indígenas. Relatório Final. Rio de Janeiro: ABRASCO.
  • Barreto CTG, Cardoso AM, Coimbra CEA, Jr. 2014. Estado nutricional de crianças indígenas Guarani nos estados do Rio de Janeiro e São Paulo, Brasil. Cad Saude Publica 30:657–662.
  • Basta PC, Coimbra CEA, Jr, Welch JR, Alves LCC, Santos RV, Camacho LAB. 2010. Tuberculosis among the Xavante Indians of the Brazilian Amazon: an epidemiological and ethnographic assessment. Ann Hum Biol 37:643–657.
  • Batista-Filho M, Souza AI, Miglioli TC, Santos MC. 2008. Anemia e obesidade: um paradoxo da transição nutricional brasileira. Cad Saude Publica 24(Suppl 2):S247–S257.
  • Bogin B. 2001. The growth of humanity. New York: Wiley-Liss.
  • Bogin B, Loucky J. 1997. Plasticity, political economy, and physical growth status of Guatemala Maya children living in the United States. Am J Phys Anthropol 102:17–32.
  • Caldas ADR, Santos RV. 2012. Vigilância alimentar e nutricional para os povos indígenas no Brasil: análise da construção de uma política pública em saúde. Physis 22:545–565.
  • Cardoso AM, Coimbra CEA, Jr, Werneck GL. 2013. Risk factors for hospital admission due to acute lower respiratory tract infection in Guarani indigenous children in southern Brazil: a population-based case-control study. Trop Med Int Health 18:596–607.
  • Caulfield LE, Richard S, Rivera JA, Musgrove P, Black RE, Jha P 2006. Stunting, wasting, and micronutrient deficiency disorders. In: Jamison DT, Breman JG, Measham AR, Alleyne G, Claeson M, Evans DB, Jha P, et al, editors. Disease control priorities in developing countries. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: World Bank. p 551–567.
  • Coimbra CEA, Jr, Flowers NM, Salzano FM, Santos RV. 2002. The Xavánte in transition: health, ecology, and bioanthropology in Central Brazil. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
  • Coimbra CEA, Jr, Santos RV, Welch JR, Cardoso AM, Souza MC, Garnelo L, et al. 2013. The First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition in Brazil: rationale, methodology, and overview of results. BMC Public Health 13:52.
  • Cole TJ, Green PJ, 1992. Smoothing reference centile curves: the LMS method and penalized likelihood. Stat Med 11:1305–1319.
  • Dal Fabbro AL, Franco LJ, Da Silva AS, Sartorelli DS, Soares LP, Franco LJ, et al. 2014. High prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Xavante Indians from Mato Grosso, Brazil. Ethn Dis 24:35–40.
  • De Onis M, Onyango AW, Borghi E, Suyam A, Nishida C, Siekmann J. 2007. Development of a WHO growth reference for school-aged children and adolescents. Bull World Health Organ 85:660–667.
  • De Onis M, Onyango AW. 2008. WHO child growth standards. Lancet 371:204–204.
  • Doak CM, Adair LS, Bentley M, Monteiro C, Popkin BM. 2004. The dual burden household and the nutrition transition paradox. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 29:129–136.
  • Eveleth PB, Tanner JM. 1976. Worldwide variation in human growth. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Fanzo J. 2012. The Nutrition Challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa. Working Paper 2012-012. Regional Bureau for Africa, United Nations Development Programme.
  • Ferreira AA, Welch JR, Santos RV, Gugelmin SA, Coimbra CEA, Jr. 2012. Nutritional status and growth of indigenous Xavante children, Central Brazil. Nutr J 11:3.
  • Flowers NM. 1983. Seasonal factors in subsistence, nutrition, and child growth in a Central Brazilian community. In: Hames RB, Vickers WT, editors. Adaptive responses of native Amazonians. New York: Academic Press. p 357–390.
  • Flowers NM. 2014. Economia, subsistência e trabalho. In: Coimbra CEA, Jr, Welch JR, editors. Antropologia e História Xavante em Perspectiva. Rio de Janeiro: Museu do Índio. p 67–86.
  • Foster Z, Byron E, Reyes-García V, Huanca T, Vadez V, Apaza L, et al. 2005. Physical growth and nutritional status of Tsimane’ Amerindian children of lowland Bolivia. Am J Phys Anthropol 126:343–351.
  • Gill TP, Baur LA, Bauman AE, Steinbeck KS, Storlien LH, Singh MAF, et al. 2009. Childhood obesity in Australia remains a widespread health concern that warrants population-wide prevention programs. Med J Austr 190:146–148.
  • Godoy R, Nyberg C, Eisenberg DTA, Magvanjav O, Shinnar E, Leonard WR, et al.; Bolivian TAPS Study Team. 2010. Short but catching up: statural growth among native Amazonian Bolivian children. Am J Hum Biol 22:336–347.
  • Golden MHN. 1998. Catch-up growth in height. In: Ulijaszek SJ, Johnston FE, Preece MA, Tanner J, editors. The Cambridge encyclopedia of human growth and development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p 346–347.
  • Gracey M. 2000. Historical, cultural, political, and social influences on dietary patterns and nutrition in Australian Aboriginal children. Am J Clin Nutr 72:1361s–1367s.
  • Graitcer P, Gentry E. 1981. Measuring children: one reference for all. Lancet 318:297–299.
  • Guedes DP, DeMatos JAB, Lopes VP, Ferreirinha JE, Silva AJ. 2010. Physical growth of schoolchildren from the Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil: comparison with the CDC-2000 reference using the LMS method. Ann Hum Biol 37:574–584.
  • Gugelmin SA, Santos RV. 2001. Ecologia humana e antropometria nutricional de adultos Xavánte, Mato Grosso, Brasil. Cad Saude Publica 17:313–322.
  • Gugelmin SA, Santos RV. 2006. Uso do Índice de Massa Corporal na avaliação do estado nutricional de adultos indígenas Xavánte, Terra Indígena Sangradouro-Volta Grande, Mato Grosso, Brasil. Cad Saude Publica 22:1865–1872.
  • Habicht JP, Martorell R, Yarbrough C, Malina RM, Klein RE. 1974. Height and weight standards for preschool children: how relevant are ethnic differences in growth potential? Lancet 303:611–615.
  • Hastie T, Tibshirani R. 1990. Generalized additive models. London: Chapman and Hall.
  • Hodge LG, Dufour DL. 1991. Cross-sectional growth of young Shipibo Indian children in Eastern Peru. Am J Phys Anthropol 84:35–41.
  • Horta BL, Santos RV, Welch JR, Cardoso AM, Santos JV, Assis AMO, et al. 2013. Nutritional status of indigenous children <5 years of age: findings from the First National Survey of the Health and Nutrition of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil. Int J Equity Health 12:23.
  • Howe LD, Ellison-Loschmann L, Pearce N, Douwes J, Jeffreys M, Firestone R. 2015. Ethnic differences in risk factors for obesity in New Zealand infants. J Epidemiol Community Health 69:516–522.
  • IBGE (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística). 2010. Pesquisa de Orçamentos Familiares 2008-2009: Antropometria e estado nutricional de crianças, adolescentes e adultos no Brasil. Rio de Janeiro: IBGE.
  • Johnson W. 2015. Analytical strategies in human growth research. Am J Hum Biol 27:69–83.
  • Jones AD. 2015. The role of food security in preventing the rise of the nutritional double burden in low-income countries. In: Bendich A, Deckelbaum RJ, editors. Preventive nutrition: the comprehensive guide for health professionals. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International. p 793–806.
  • Kuhnlein HV, Erasmus B, Spigelski D, Burlingame B. 2013. Indigenous peopleś food systems and well-being: interventions and policies for healthy communities. Rome: Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
  • Larrea C, Freire W. 2002. Social inequality and child malnutrition in four Andean countries. Rev Panam Salud Publica 11:356–364.
  • Leite MS, Cardoso AM, Coimbra CEA, Jr, Welch JR, Gugelmin SA, Lira PC, et al. 2013. Prevalence of anemia and associated factors among indigenous children in Brazil: results from the First National Survey of Indigenous People's Health and Nutrition. Nutr J 12:69.
  • Leite MS, Santos RV, Coimbra CEA, Jr. 2007. Sazonalidade e estado nutricional de populações indígenas: o caso Wari', Rondônia, Brasil. Cad Saude Publica 23:2631–2642.
  • Leite MS, Santos RV, Gugelmin AS, Coimbra CE, Jr. 2006. Crescimento físico e perfil nutricional da população indígena Xavante de Sangradouro-Volta Grande, Mato Grosso, Brasil. Cad Saude Publica 22:265–276.
  • Leroy JL, Ruel M, Habicht JP, Frongillo EA. 2014. Linear growth deficit continues to accumulate beyond the first 1000 days in low- and middle-income countries: global evidence from 51 national surveys. J Nutr 144:1460–1466.
  • Lohman TG, Roche AF, Martorell R. 1988. Anthropometric standardization reference manual. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
  • Lunardi R, Santos RV, Coimbra CEA, Jr. 2007. Morbidade hospitalar de indígenas Xavante, Mato Grosso, Brasil. Rev Bras Epidemiol 10:441–452.
  • Martínez R, Fernández A. 2006. Desnutrición infantil en América Latina y el Caribe. Desafios 2:4–9.
  • Martorell R. 1999. The nature of child malnutrition and its long-term implications. Food Nutr Bull 20:288–292.
  • Maybury-Lewis D. 1967. Akwê-Shavante Society. Oxford: Claredon Press.
  • Ministério da Saúde. 2009. Pesquisa Nacional de Demografia e Saúde da Criança e da Mulher – PNDS 2006: Dimensões do Processo Reprodutivo e da Saúde da Criança. Brasília: Ministério da Saúde.
  • Ministério da Saúde. 2010. Saúde Brasil 2009: Uma Análise da Situação de Saúde e da Agenda Nacional e Internacional de Prioridades em Saúde. Brasília: Ministério da Saúde.
  • Mondini L, Rodrigues D, Gimeno SGA, Baruzzi RG. 2009. Estado nutricional e níveis de hemoglobina em crianças Aruak e Karibe: povos indígenas do Alto Xingu, Brasil Central, 2001-2002. Rev Bras Epidemiol 12:469–477.
  • Monteiro CA, Benício MHD, Conde WL, Konno S, Lovadino AL, Barros AJD, Victora CG. 2010. Narrowing socioeconomic inequality in child stunting: the Brazilian experience, 1974–2007. Bull World Health Organ 88:305–311.
  • Morais MB, Fagundes-Neto U, Mattos AP, Baruzzi RG. 2003. Estado nutricional de crianças índias do Alto Xingu em 1980 e 1992 e evolução pondero-estatural entre o primeiro e o quarto anos de vida. Cad Saude Publica 19:543–550.
  • Oliveira OS, Marquis RJ, editors. 2002. The Cerrados of Brazil: ecology and natural history of a neotropical savanna. New York: Columbia University Press.
  • Orellana JDY, Coimbra CEA, Jr, Lourenço AEP, Santos RV. 2006. Estado nutricional e anemia em crianças Suruí, Amazônia, Brasil. J Pediatr (Rio J) 82:383–388.
  • Oyhenart EE, Techenski MF, Orden AB. 2003. Nutritional status in two Mbyá-Guaraní communities from Misiones (Argentina). Homo 54:170–179.
  • Pereira NDM, Santos RV, Welch JR, Souza LG, Coimbra CEA, Jr. 2009. Demography, territory, and identity of indigenous peoples in Brazil: the Xavante Indians and the 2000 Brazilian National Census. Hum Organ 68:166–180.
  • Pícoli RP, Carandina L, Ribas D. 2006. Saúde materno-infantil e nutrição de crianças Kaiowá e Guaraní de Caarapó, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Cad Saude Publica 22:223–227.
  • Pinheiro JC, Bates DM. 2000. Mixed effects models in S and S-PLUS. New York: Springer-Verlag.
  • Prentice AM, Moore SE, Fulford AJ. 2013. Growth faltering in low-income countries. World Rev Nutr Diet 2013:90–99.
  • R Development Core Team. 2004. A language and environment for statistical computing. Vienna: R Foundation for Statistical Computing.
  • Rigby RA, Stasinopoulos DM. 2005. Generalized additive models for location, scale and shape. Appl Statist 54:507–554.
  • Santos RV, Flowers NM, Coimbra CEA, Jr, Gugelmin SA. 1997. Tapirs, tractors, and tapes: the changing economy and ecology of the Xavante Indians of Central Brazil. Hum Ecol 25:545–566.
  • Silva S, Maia J, Classens AL, Beunen G, Pan H. 2012. Growth references for Brazilian children and adolescents: healthy growth in Cariri study. Ann Hum Biol 39:11–18.
  • Sirio MAO, Freitas SN, Figueiredo AM, Gouvêa GDR, Pena JL, Machado-Coelho GLL. 2015. Tempo de aleitamento materno entre indígenas Xakriabá aldeados em Minas Gerais, sudeste do Brasil. Revista de Nutrição 28:241–252.
  • Song G-R, Hu D-M, Xu Y, Shao J, Wang Z-Y, Liu Q-G. 2012. Dynamic anthropometric changes in children as shown by longitudinal data for 2004–2009 from the city of Dalian, China. Ann Hum Biol 39:511–515.
  • Souza LG, Santos RV, Carvalho MS, Pagliaro H, Flowers NM, Coimbra CEA, Jr. 2011. Demography and health of the Xavante Indians from Central Brazil. Cad Saude Publica 27:1891–1905.
  • Stinson S. 2012. Growth variation: biological and cultural factors. In: Stinson S, Bogin B, O’Rourke D, editors. Human biology: an evolutionary and biocultural perspective. 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons. p 587–635.
  • Tanner JM. 1986. Growth as a mirror for the conditions of society: secular trends and class distinctions. In: Demirijian A, editor. Human growth: a multidisciplinary review. London: Taylor and Francis. p 3–34.
  • United Nations. 2015. The Millenium Development Goals Report 2015. New York: United Nations.
  • United Nations Childreńs Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organization (WHO). 2004. Low birthweight: country, regional and global estimates. New York and Geneva: UNICEF and WHO.
  • Urlacher SS, Blackwell AD, Liebert MA, Madimenos FC, Cepon-Robins TJ, Gildner TE, et al. 2015. Physical growth of the Shuar: height, weight, and BMI references for an Indigenous Amazonian population. Am J Hum Biol 28:16–30.
  • Victora CG, Adair L, Fall C, Hallal PC, Martorell R, Richter L, Sachdev HS, Maternal and Child Undernutrition Study Group. 2008. Maternal and child undernutrition: consequences for adult health and human capital. Lancet 371:340–357.
  • Victora CG, Barros FC. 2006. Cohort profile: the 1982 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort Study. Int J Epidemiol 35:237–242.
  • Victora CG, Vaughan JP, Barros FC, Silva AC, Tomasi E. 2000. Explaining trends in inequities: evidence from Brazilian child health studies. Lancet 356:1093–1098.
  • Welch JR. 2010. Hierarchy, symmetry, and the Xavante spiritual life cycle. Horizontes Antropológicos 16:235–259.
  • Welch JR. 2014. Xavante ritual hunting: anthropogenic fire, reciprocity, and collective landscape management in the Brazilian Cerrado. Hum Ecol 42:47–59.
  • Welch JR. Ferreira AA, Santos RV, Gugelmin SA, Werneck G, Coimbra CEA, Jr. 2009. Nutrition transition, socioeconomic differentiation, and gender among adult Xavante Indians, Brazilian Amazon. Hum Ecol 37:13–26.
  • Welch JR, Santos RV, Flowers NM, Coimbra CEA, Jr. 2013. Na Primeira Margem do Rio: Território e Ecologia do Povo Xavante de Wedezé. Rio de Janeiro: Museu do Índio.
  • Wilson WM, Bulkan J, Piperata BA, Hicks K, Ehlers P. 2011. Nutritional status of Makushi Amerindian children and adolescents of Guyana. Ann Hum Biol 38:615–629.
  • Wong CY, Zalilah MS, Chua EY, Norhasmah S, Chin YS, Nur’Asyura AS. 2015. Double-burden of malnutrition among the indigenous peoples (Orang Asli) of Peninsular Malaysia. BMC Public Health 15:680.
  • WHO (World Health Organization). 1995. Physical status: the use and interpretation of anthropometry. WHO Technical Report Series 854. Geneva: WHO.
  • WHO (World Health Organization). 2006. Length/height-for-age, weight-for-age, weight-for-length, weight-for-height and body mass index-for-age: methods and development. Geneva: WHO.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.