Ornella Comandini

Biographic Data

ID4302029
NAMEOrnella Comandini
GIVEN NAMESOrnella
FAMILY NAMEComandini
SIGNATURECOMANDINI O
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Cagliari
ORCID0000-0001-5642-3537
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX2

  • Response to Cummins and Finaret (2019)

    Open AccessOrnella Comandini, Stefano Cabra et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Physical…2020References: 4

    We agree with J. Cummins and A. Finaret when declaring that in our research (Comandini

  • Nutritional status of Ugandan school‐children

    Open AccessOrnella Comandini, Stefano Cabra et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Physical…2019Cited by: 2References: 30

    OBJECTIVES: To analyze the nutritional status of Ugandan school-children in a cross-sectional and longitudinal perspective, considering the effect of age imprecision. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Anthropometric measurements of 831 school-children (381 males and 450 females) were analyzed. A subsample of 246 children was measured in July 2014 and 2015. Stunting (based on height-for-age Z-scores), underweight (weight-for-age), and thinness (body mass ind…

  • Ethnomycological knowledge among Kaqchikel, indigenous Maya people of Guatemalan Highlands

    Open AccessJ P Mérida Ponce, Joan Ponce et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnobiology and…2019Cited by: 2References: 31

    BACKGROUND: The Guatemalan Highlands is a region of great but so far poorly known mycological diversity. People living in this area have long used wild fungi as a source of food and income. However, our knowledge of the ethnomycological practices of the Mayan peoples of Guatemala is still rudimental, especially if compared with information reported for the neighboring region of Mexico. Among the main indigenous groups of the Maya people inhabitin…

  • Cross‐sectional and longitudinal analysis of nutritional status of school‐children from Bumbire Island (United Republic of Tanzania)

    Open AccessOrnella Comandini, Gabriele Carmignani et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Human Biology2018

    OBJECTIVE: To analyze the nutritional status of schoolchildren from Bumbire Island (Tanzania) from cross-sectional and longitudinal perspectives. METHODS: During 2014 and 2015, we collected anthropometric measurements in a sample of 437 schoolchildren (226 males, 211 females; 5-16 years). A sub-sample of 126 children were measured in both surveys. Socio-demographic data have been taken and dietary habits investigated. The accuracy of age data was…

  • Birth registration and child undernutrition in sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessOrnella Comandini, Stefano Cabra et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2016

    Objective In many countries of the world millions of people are not registered at birth. However, in order to assess children’s nutritional status it is necessary to have an exact knowledge of their age. In the present paper we discuss the effects of insufficient or imprecise age data on estimates of undernutrition prevalence. Design Birth registration rates and levels of stunting, underweight and wasting were retrieved from Multiple Indicator Cl…

  • The nutrition transition in the Venezuelan Amazonia

    Open AccessGlida Hidalgo, Elisabetta Marini et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Human Biology2014

    OBJECTIVES: Amerindians have a particularly high propensity to overweight and obesity as they change lifestyle and experience a nutrition transition. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of transculturation on nutritional status in three Amazonian Amerindian villages. METHODS: Nutritional status was assessed in 232 volunteers: 65 Yanomami from an isolated village and 167 Guahibo subjects from villages with intermediate and high level…