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Growth and nutritional status of Bedouin infants in the Negev Desert, Israel: evidence for marked stunting in the presence of only mild malnutrition.

Growth and feeding practices of 353 Bedouin infants from the Negev Desert, Israel, were compared to those of 302 Jewish infants from the same area and to American standards. These two populations differed in their cultures and educational backgrounds. The use of medical and health services was lower among the Bedouin population. The feeding practices of the Bedouin infants were markedly different from those of their controls. The Bedouin infants show a progressive decrease in weight, length, and head circumference (means of all three parameters were around the 5th percentile) while the Jews were comparable to Americans. The nutritional status was assessed by three different anthropometric measurements. The weight to length ratio showed that 88% of Bedouin and 96% of Jewish infants were above the 10th percentile. Tricep skinfold measurements showed that 96% of the Bedouins and 99% of the Jews were above the 5th percentile. The midarm circumference to head circumference ratio was in the range between 0.280 and 0.310 (mild malnutrition range) while that of the Jews was above 0.310 (well-nourished range). These data show marked stunting in the presence of only mild malnutrition. This observation argues against the general belief that marked stunting is the result of prolonged severe malnutrition. Differences in cultural and genetic backgrounds, as well as different feeding practices and increased morbidity, could contribute to this phenomenon.

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[Immune response as a function of the nutritional status in young children 1 to 3 years of age in the south of Ivory Coast].

177 children between 1 and 3 years (74 well-nourished, 55 suspected of protein/calorie deficiency, 48 under nourished) were vaccinated (tuberculosis, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping-cough, polio); one month after the third dose of DTWC polio, we proceeded to apply the Merieux multitest and to check for intradermal reaction to the tuberculin: This study has shown that the Merieux multitest gives results comparable to the classical intradermal method with tuberculin. The multitest makes it possible to explore simultaneously seven different antigens under perfectly comparable conditions from the standpoint of precision and standardization (diphtheria, tetanus, tuberculin, Streptococcus, Proteus, Trichophyton and Candida). This exploration has shown that there is no significant difference in terms of the nutritional condition of the children. Well-nourished children, under-nourished children and children suspected of a deficiency react in the same manner to antigenic attractions whether vaccinal or spontaneous. This study would seem to suggest, therefore, that the nutritional conditions of a child need not to be taken into account when administering a vaccine.

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