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AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF CHILD HEALTH AND NUTRITION IN A NORTHERN SWEDISH COUNTY
Author(s) -
SAMUELSON GÖSTA
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1971.tb07006.x
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , malnutrition , anthropometry , demography , subclinical infection , pediatrics , population , rural area , public health , el niño , gerontology , environmental health , pathology , sociology , nursing
Summary The health and nutritional status of 1 401 children aged 4, 8 and 13 years in one urban area and two rural areas of a northern Swedish county were studied. In none of the age groups was there any undernutrition. Anthropometrical measurements reflected the good nutritional status, with height and weight generally conforming to current values of a Swedish urban population. The girls had significantly thicker skinfolds than the boys. The children in the city of Umea had thicker skinfolds than the children in the mountain foreland and were also significantly taller. There was a rather high frequency of subclinical upper respiratory infections among the children, especially among the 4‐year‐olds.