| nutrition survey in tabasco, mexico: nutritional status of preschool children. | nutritional status of 149 preschool children was evaluated using anthropometric, biochemical, and dietary measures. stool samples were collected from 111 children for analysis of gastrointestinal parasites. sixty-eight percent of the children were below the 3rd percentile of height-for-age, using mexican reference data, but only 15% were below the 10th percentile of weight-for-height. the percentage of children with low biochemical values was: hb, 14% less than 11 g/100 ml; hematocrit, 16% less ... | 1983 | 6846233 |