Growth deficits in Chilean school children.

Stunting is highly prevalent in Latin American countries regardless of socioeconomic performance. The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors of growth deficit among children starting primary education whose parents were of short stature compared with those whose parents were not of short stature, in the poorest districts of Santiago, Chile. A case-control study was carried out with two types of cases.

[Nutritional status of school children from indigenous and non indigenous ancestry].

Background: The few studies in Chile assessing the nutritional status of indigenous children show a high prevalence of stunting, excess weight and feeding problems.

Aim: To compare anthropometric indices in children from indigenous and non indigenous ancestry.

Subjects And Methods: School children aged 6 to 8 years old, living in locations with three clear cut levels of social vulnerability were studied.

[Accreditation professional degrees and teaching institutions: the case of Chile].

Accreditation has acquired special relevance for the habilitation of professional practice, considering the proliferation of teaching institutions, the variety of training programs and the increasing amount of professionals requiring accreditation or revalidation of their titles. The internationalization of professional activities requires global and uniform accreditation procedures to avoid inequalities in evaluation of different professionals coming from abroad or from Chile. In the scope of medical practice, these concepts acquire special relevance, considering the appearance of new medical schools in the last decade and the increasing number of foreign physicians that need to revalidate their titles.

[Is there a relationship between parent's short height and their children's? Social interclass epidemiologic study].

Background: Stunting is a prevalent problem in developing countries and may affect up to 50% of school age children.

Aim: To search for a relationship between the short stature of school age children of opposing socioeconomic levels and that of their parents.

Subjects And Methods: One thousand, eight hundred and forty two children of low socioeconomic level and 2,770 children of high socioeconomic level were initially measured.

[Nutritional status of school children from different socioeconomic levels].

The aim of this work was to compare the nutritional status of children from low and high socioeconomic levels. Weight, height, mid arm circumference and tricipital skinfold thickness were measured in 1,842 children of low and 2,770 of high socioeconomic status. Mean weight, height, and mid arm muscular circumference were higher in children of high socioeconomic status.