N L Stinton

• Malnutrition and associated factors in preschool Miskito Indians in Nicaragua

  Mary Ruth Horner, N L Stinton et al.•ARTICLE•Ecology of Food and Nutrition•1981

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  The nutritional status of 463 infants and preschool children was assessed in a Miskito Indian community in northeast Nicaragua. Data were collected over an eight‐month period in order to measure the factors affecting growth. Growth curves of the healthiest children were satisfactory until three months of age and then declined. In September, 55 percent of the children showed first or second degree malnutrition based on the Gomez system and the Har…

• Contributions of international food aid to diets of Nicaraguan children

  Mary Ruth Horner, N L Stinton et al.•ARTICLE•Ecology of Food and Nutrition•1981

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  The results of the dietary component of a nutritional status survey of 463 Miskito Indian children (0–60 months) in northeast Nicaragua are presented. Supplements provided by an international food aid program contributed as much as 12 percent to the food intake of non‐breastfed.children. Low dietary diversity was indicated by the average consumption of only six different foods per day. During the five‐month study, the total number of different fo…

• Malnutrition and associated factors in preschool Miskito Indians in Nicaragua

  Mary Ruth Horner, N L Stinton et al.•ARTICLE•Ecology of Food and Nutrition•1981

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  The nutritional status of 463 infants and preschool children was assessed in a Miskito Indian community in northeast Nicaragua. Data were collected over an eight‐month period in order to measure the factors affecting growth. Growth curves of the healthiest children were satisfactory until three months of age and then declined. In September, 55 percent of the children showed first or second degree malnutrition based on the Gomez system and the Har…

• Contributions of international food aid to diets of Nicaraguan children

  Mary Ruth Horner, N L Stinton et al.•ARTICLE•Ecology of Food and Nutrition•1981

  Añadir item

  The results of the dietary component of a nutritional status survey of 463 Miskito Indian children (0–60 months) in northeast Nicaragua are presented. Supplements provided by an international food aid program contributed as much as 12 percent to the food intake of non‐breastfed.children. Low dietary diversity was indicated by the average consumption of only six different foods per day. During the five‐month study, the total number of different fo…

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