Understanding Growth and Malnutrition in Baka Pygmy Children

Funk, Stephan M.; Palomo Guerra, Belén; Bueno Zamora, Amalia; Ickowitz, Amy; Poni, Nicias Afoumpam; Abdou, Mohamadou Aminou; Sibama, Yaya Hadam; Penda, René; Ros Brull, Guillermo; Abossolo, Martin; Ávila Martín, Eva; Okale, Robert; Ze, Blaise Ango; Moreno Carrión, Ananda; García Sebastián, Cristina; Ruiz De Loizaga García, Cristina; López Romero Salazar, Francisco; Amazia, Hissein; Álvarez Reyes, Idoia; Sánchez Expósito, Rafaela; Fa, John E.

Understanding Growth and Malnutrition in Baka Pygmy Children

We determined stunting, wasting, and obesity frequencies in a total 1092 2-to-12 year old Baka Pygmy children from anthropometric and health data gathered in 34 villages in the Djoum-Mintom region in southeastern Cameroon in four health campaigns in 2010 and 2017-9. We compare these to the WHO Child...

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Autores:	Funk, Stephan M., Palomo Guerra, Belén, Bueno Zamora, Amalia, Ickowitz, Amy, Poni, Nicias Afoumpam, Abdou, Mohamadou Aminou, Sibama, Yaya Hadam, Penda, René, Ros Brull, Guillermo, Abossolo, Martin, Ávila Martín, Eva, Okale, Robert, Ze, Blaise Ango, Moreno Carrión, Ananda, García Sebastián, Cristina, Ruiz De Loizaga García, Cristina, López Romero Salazar, Francisco, Amazia, Hissein, Álvarez Reyes, Idoia, Sánchez Expósito, Rafaela, Fa, John E.
Tipo de recurso:	artículo
Fecha de publicación:	2020
País:	España
Institución:	Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:	Dipòsit Digital de la UB
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Palabra clave:	Obesitat en els infants Pobles indígenes Camerun Obesity in children Indigenous peoples Cameroon

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spelling	Understanding Growth and Malnutrition in Baka Pygmy ChildrenFunk, Stephan M.Palomo Guerra, BelénBueno Zamora, AmaliaIckowitz, AmyPoni, Nicias AfoumpamAbdou, Mohamadou AminouSibama, Yaya HadamPenda, RenéRos Brull, GuillermoAbossolo, MartinÁvila Martín, EvaOkale, RobertZe, Blaise AngoMoreno Carrión, AnandaGarcía Sebastián, CristinaRuiz De Loizaga García, CristinaLópez Romero Salazar, FranciscoAmazia, HisseinÁlvarez Reyes, IdoiaSánchez Expósito, RafaelaFa, John E.Obesitat en els infantsPobles indígenesCamerunObesity in childrenIndigenous peoplesCameroonWe determined stunting, wasting, and obesity frequencies in a total 1092 2-to-12 year old Baka Pygmy children from anthropometric and health data gathered in 34 villages in the Djoum-Mintom region in southeastern Cameroon in four health campaigns in 2010 and 2017-9. We compare these to the WHO Child Growth Standards, Amazonian Tsiname growth references for inter-population comparisons and the study population itself. Population-specific growth charts were constructed using GAMLSS modelling. Our results show that Baka children have one of the highest global rates of stunting relative to the WHO child growth standard with 57.8% for 2-to-12 year olds and 64% and 73% for 2-to-4 year old girls and boys, respectively. Frequencies of wasting, overweight, and low BMI were low at 3.4%, 4.6% and 4.3%, respectively, for 2-to-12 year olds. Underweight was at 25.5%, in the upper range for sub-Saharan Africa. Edemas indicated rare severe malnutrition (0.3%). Uncertainties in age estimation had dramatic effects on the reliability of estimated individual z-scores but distributions of z-scores were robust at a population level. In the context of the recent evidence for genetic adaptation of the Pygmies' small stature to the tropical forest environment we argue that WHO child standards for weight and BMI are applicable. However, standards for height are clearly not adequate for Pygmy people. To achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals, we recommend that Pygmy specific growth standards are developed for the various, genetically differing Pygmy tribes.Springer Science and Business Media LLC2020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/174076Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL))reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-020-00161-5Human Ecology, 2020, vol. 48, issue. 3, p. 293-306https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-020-00161-5cc by (c) Funk, Stephan M. et al., 2020http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1740762026-05-27T06:46:51Z
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title	Understanding Growth and Malnutrition in Baka Pygmy Children
spellingShingle	Understanding Growth and Malnutrition in Baka Pygmy Children Funk, Stephan M. Obesitat en els infants Pobles indígenes Camerun Obesity in children Indigenous peoples Cameroon
title_short	Understanding Growth and Malnutrition in Baka Pygmy Children
title_full	Understanding Growth and Malnutrition in Baka Pygmy Children
title_fullStr	Understanding Growth and Malnutrition in Baka Pygmy Children
title_full_unstemmed	Understanding Growth and Malnutrition in Baka Pygmy Children
title_sort	Understanding Growth and Malnutrition in Baka Pygmy Children
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv	Funk, Stephan M. Palomo Guerra, Belén Bueno Zamora, Amalia Ickowitz, Amy Poni, Nicias Afoumpam Abdou, Mohamadou Aminou Sibama, Yaya Hadam Penda, René Ros Brull, Guillermo Abossolo, Martin Ávila Martín, Eva Okale, Robert Ze, Blaise Ango Moreno Carrión, Ananda García Sebastián, Cristina Ruiz De Loizaga García, Cristina López Romero Salazar, Francisco Amazia, Hissein Álvarez Reyes, Idoia Sánchez Expósito, Rafaela Fa, John E.
author	Funk, Stephan M.
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topic	Obesitat en els infants Pobles indígenes Camerun Obesity in children Indigenous peoples Cameroon
description	We determined stunting, wasting, and obesity frequencies in a total 1092 2-to-12 year old Baka Pygmy children from anthropometric and health data gathered in 34 villages in the Djoum-Mintom region in southeastern Cameroon in four health campaigns in 2010 and 2017-9. We compare these to the WHO Child Growth Standards, Amazonian Tsiname growth references for inter-population comparisons and the study population itself. Population-specific growth charts were constructed using GAMLSS modelling. Our results show that Baka children have one of the highest global rates of stunting relative to the WHO child growth standard with 57.8% for 2-to-12 year olds and 64% and 73% for 2-to-4 year old girls and boys, respectively. Frequencies of wasting, overweight, and low BMI were low at 3.4%, 4.6% and 4.3%, respectively, for 2-to-12 year olds. Underweight was at 25.5%, in the upper range for sub-Saharan Africa. Edemas indicated rare severe malnutrition (0.3%). Uncertainties in age estimation had dramatic effects on the reliability of estimated individual z-scores but distributions of z-scores were robust at a population level. In the context of the recent evidence for genetic adaptation of the Pygmies' small stature to the tropical forest environment we argue that WHO child standards for weight and BMI are applicable. However, standards for height are clearly not adequate for Pygmy people. To achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals, we recommend that Pygmy specific growth standards are developed for the various, genetically differing Pygmy tribes.
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Understanding Growth and Malnutrition in Baka Pygmy Children

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