The growth and obesity status of Portuguese children. Some associations with the economic crisis that is affecting the country. Some of the material hasn't been published
3. IMPORTANT EVENTS DURING THE 20th CENTURY
Monarchy
Military dictatorship
Republic
(turmoil)
SPAIN
Great War 14/17
Influenza 18/19
Colonial
war
Military coup
Independence colonies
1970 1980 1990 2000
Dictatorship (Salazar)
European Union
Parliamentary System
400,000 Portuguese
“retornados”
from Africa
World
War II
39/45
Civil War
Monarchy
1st Republic/military
dictatorship
(turmoil)
PORTUGAL
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960
European Union
Dictatorship (Franco)
Monarchy - Parliamentary System
4. Spain
Portugal
Plagues (typhus,
bubonic, smallpox)
?
1900-1910
Consultorios de
lactantes y gotas de
leche (1902)
Yes
No
1908
1911
National Institute of
Health
(Instituto Nacional de
Prevision)
Direcção Geral de Saúde
Pacto de Madrid
1953
1972 – 2.3%
1985 – 90.4%
Eradication of small
pox
1948
1953
National vaccination
program
1963
1965
Milk program in
schools
5. Iberia-Height 20th century
179
177
175
173
171
Colonial war - Portugal
Political instability after the fall of the monarchies
Spanish Civil War
World War II – Food rationing
Dictatorships
cm
169
167
165
163
161
159
157
155
19001905
19061910
19111915
19161920
19211925
19261930
19311935
19361940
19411945
19461950
19511955
19561960
19611965
19661970
19711975
19761980
19811985
Year of birth
PORT conscripts
SPAIN conscripts
PORT males
SPAIN males
PORT females
SPAIN females
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Dep Anthropology, Univ Coimbra
◦ Cristina Padez
Several Partners in Portugal
Loughborough University
Data Colection: 2009
All mainland districts
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
No stunting, no underweight
Children taller than references up to 8-9y
Children heavier than references up to 8-9y
Shorter legged at all ages
More than a quarter of the sample is either
overweight or obese
20.
21. The protective factors against childhood
overweight/obesity:
• being male;
• having been breastfeed;
• having been born from mothers who did not
smoke during pregnancy;
• engaging in little sedentary behaviours
• performing, at least, 1 hour of moderate
physical activity every day;
• having parents with higher educational levels
and BMI within the healthy ranges.