Dorothy J Pringle

Biographic Data

ID10878721
NAMEDorothy J Pringle
GIVEN NAMESDorothy J
FAMILY NAMEPringle
SIGNATUREPRINGLE D J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS3
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR3
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1977
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1981
H-INDEX0

  • Malnutrition and associated factors in preschool Miskito Indians in Nicaragua

    Mary Ruth Horner, N L Stinton et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition1981

    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.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition1981

    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…

  • Nutritional status of Chippewa Head Start children in Wisconsin

    Mary Ruth Horner, M S Christine et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1977References: 4

    Nutritional status of Chippewa Head Start children in Wisconsin. M R Horner, M S Christine, M Olson, and D J PringleCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.67.2.185 Published Online: October 07, 2011