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Dietary patterns and prevalence of wasting among street children in Lilongwe, Malawi

2007· article· en· W2400292204 on OpenAlexaff
Alexander Kalimbira, Lemon Chipwatali

Bibliographic record

VenueAfrican Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development · 2007
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldNursing
TopicChild Nutrition and Water Access
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Guelph
Fundersnot available
KeywordsWastingMalnutritionEnvironmental healthAnthropometryBeggingPopulationNonprobability samplingChecklistMedicineOverweightCross-sectional studyRespondentDemographySocioeconomicsGerontologyGeographyObesityPsychology
DOInot available

Abstract

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Street children are persons under the age of 18 years who spend all or most of their time on the streets as a result of many  social problems within their communities. Although the number of street children is unknown in Malawi, the problem is thought to be increasing. In a cross-sectional study of 36 street children in Lilongwe, Malawi, dietary practices and the prevalence of  wasting were assessed to provide  information on the risk of poor dietary intake and malnutrition in this population. A food  frequency questionnaire and 24-hour dietary recalls were used to determine dietary practices, while anthropometric    measurements were taken to assess the prevalence of low weight-for-height (wasting). Because of their high mobility, the  participants were recruited using purposive sampling, primarily around the streets that lead to Lilongwe main market. A   qualitative checklist was used to identify prospective participants, and interviews were only done after the respondent had  given informed assent. The study showed that most (91.7%) of the street children are boys aged between 10 and 12 years  (47.2%), largely illiterate (58.3%), sleep at home (41.6%), and have both parents still living (55.6%). Through begging and  engaging in piece work, 61.1% of the children indicated that they earn between US$0.55 and US$1.09 per day. The majority  (72.2%) use the money solely to buy food from street vendors and restaurants. Foods that are mostly eaten on a daily basis  include nsima (100%), rice (50%), confectionery (44.4%), and mangoes (41.7%). On the other hand, foods that are eaten  three times a week are fish  (80.6%), chicken (58.3%), potatoes (36.1%), cookies (19.4%), pumpkin leaves (19.4%), and  bananas (13.9%). For the majority of the children, fruits and vegetables are mostly eaten once a week. Assessment of the  children’s nutritional status showed that up to 8.4% were wasted (<-2 weight-forheight Z-scores), the majority (5.6%)  severely (<-3 weight-for-height Z-scores). Limited as it is in terms of sample size and breath, the study forms a stepping stone for investigating in more detail, food and nutrition issues that affect street children in Malawi. Key words : Malawi, cross-sectional study, dietary assessment, street children, wasting Les enfants de la rue sont des personnes de moins de 18 ans qui passent tout le temps ou la plupart de leur temps dans la rue suite a beaucoup de problemes  sociaux qui prevalent dans leurs communautes. Bien que le nombre d'enfants de la rue soit  inconnu au Malawi, d’aucuns pensent que le probleme augmente. Au cours d’une etude transversale menee sur 36 enfants de la rue a Lilongwe, capitale du Malawi, les pratiques dietetiques et la frequence de deperissement ont ete evaluees en vue de  fournir des informations sur le risque de regime alimentaire pauvre et de malnutrition dans cette population. Un questionnaire sur la frequence des repas et rappels dietetiques en 24 heures a ete utilise pour determiner les pratiques dietetiques, tandis  que les mesures anthropometriques ont ete prises pour evaluer la prevalence de basses proportions entre le poids et la taille  en hauteur (deperissement). A cause de leur grande mobilite, les participants ont ete recrutes en utilisant un echantillonnage  fonde sur le but vise, principalement autour des rues qui menent vers le principal marche de Lilongwe. Une liste de controle  qualitative a ete utilisee pour identifier des participants eventuels, et des entrevues n’ont ete faites qu’apres que la personne  interrogee ait donne son consentement. L'etude a montre que la majorite (91,7%) des enfants de la rue sont des garcons qui  ont entre 10 et 12 ans (47,2%), analphabetes en grande partie (58,3%), passent la nuit a la maison (41,6%), et ont les deux parents encore en vie (55,6%). En mendiant et en s’engageant dans le travail a la piece, 61,1% des enfants ont indique   qu'ils  gagnent entre 0,55 $ americain et 1,09 $ americain par jour. La majorite de ces enfants (72,2%) depensent cet  argent   uniquement pour acheter de la nourriture chez des vendeurs de rue et dans des restaurants. Les aliments qu’ils  mangent  quotidiennement sont surtout nsima (100%), le riz (50%), des friandises (44,4%) et des mangues (41,7%). Par  ailleurs, les aliments qu’ils mangent trois fois par semaine sont le poisson (80,6%), le poulet (58,3%), les pommes de terre (36,1%), les biscuits (19,4%), des feuilles de courge (19,4 %) et des bananes (13,9%). La majorite de ces enfants ne  mangent des fruits et des legumes qu’une fois par semaine. L'evaluation de l'etat nutritionnel de ces enfants a montre que  jusqu'a 8,4% d’entre eux etaient decharnes (des scores de Z <- 2 du rapport entre le poids et la taille en hauteur), la majorite (5,6%) serieusement atteints (des scores de Z <- 3 du rapport entre le poids et la taille en hauteur). Limitee qu’elle est en ce qui concerne la taille et l’insufflation prises comme echantillons, la presente recherche constitue un point de depart pour etudier dans plus de detail les problemes de nutrition et d’alimentation qui affectent les enfants de la rue au Malawi. Mots-cles : Malawi, etude transversale, evaluation dietetique, enfants de la rue, deperissement.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.029
Threshold uncertainty score0.450

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.012
GPT teacher head0.225
Teacher spread0.213 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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