%0 Journal Article
%A Pedrero-Tomé, Roberto
%A López Ejeda, Noemí
%A Sánchez Álvarez, María
%A Herrero De Jáuregui, Cristina
%A Acosta Gallo, Belén
%A Marrodán Serrano, María Dolores
%T Household food insecurity and nutritional status of schoolchildren in rural regions of Bajo Lampa, El Salvador (2018-2019)
%D 2021
%@ 0367-0244
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/98679
%X n 2018, a cross-sectional study was conducted in six communities of Tecoluca, Bajo Lempa (El Salvador). Weight, height, sitting-height, skinfolds thickness and head, arm, and waist circumferences were measured in a sample of 334 schoolchildren. Nutritional status, body composition, and Extended Composite Index for Anthropometric Failure (ECIAF) were estimated. The Food Security Perception Survey (Spanish acronym: EPSA) was applied to 143 households. Anthropometric failure was observed in 37.5% of the schoolchildren. Association between stunting and underweight in boys and stunting and weight excess in girls was observed. About 58.7% of the households suffered from food insecurity.
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