Mary Ruth Horner

Biographic Data

ID7253903
NAMEMary Ruth Horner
GIVEN NAMESMary Ruth
FAMILY NAMEHorner
SIGNATUREHORNER M R
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1977
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1982
H-INDEX0

  • Nutritional status and zinc nutriture in infants and children in a poor urban community of Brazil

    José G Dórea, Ivonette S Almeida et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition1982

    A nutritional status study of 146 children, 1 to 12 years old, in a poor urban community of Brazil showed that 27 percent had moderate or severe malnutrition Low hair zinc levels (<70 μg/g) were found in 5.5 percent of the sample and in seven of eight cases these were infants ≤2 years. Mean (±S.D.) hair zinc level of 83 pre‐school children, 136 ± 53 ; μg/g was significantly lower than that of 63 school children, 156 ± 39 μg/g. Color had a signifi…

  • 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…

  • Anthropometric and dietary study of Miskito Indian children in rural Nicaragua

    Mary Ruth Horner, William S Harris et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition1977

    The nutritional status of 304 infants and young children (0–60 mo. old) was assessed in three Miskito Indian villages in Northeast Nicaragua in 1975. Evidence of chronic (but not current) malnutrition was obtained by anthropometric measurements. Dietary intake data, however, indicated major problems with the current level of food intake. Height was the most severely affected nutritional indicator, as only 40 percent of the sample met or exceeded …

  • 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