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Anthropometric nutritional of adolescents from a region of low economic development in Brazil: comparison with the WHO-2007 reference

The identification of nutritional inadequacies in specific segments of the youth population can provide the basis for public health intervention. The objective of this study was to evaluate anthropometric indicators of nutritional status in a sample of adolescent schoolchildren from a region of low...

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Published in:Revista brasileira de cineantropometria & desempenho humano 2014-01, Vol.16 (3), p.258-267
Main Authors: Guedes, Dartagnan Pinto, Neto, Jaime Tolentino Miranda, da Silva, Maria das Merces
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Language:Portuguese
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Summary:The identification of nutritional inadequacies in specific segments of the youth population can provide the basis for public health intervention. The objective of this study was to evaluate anthropometric indicators of nutritional status in a sample of adolescent schoolchildren from a region of low economic development in Brazil. The sample consisted of 1,538 subjects ranging in age from 15 to 18 years, including 1,036 girls and 502 boys. Nutritional status was assessed based on height and body mass index (BMI) and comparisons were made to the corresponding percentile distributions of the Word Health Organizations-2007 (WHO-2007) reference. The percentile distributions for height and BMI in the two genders differed significantly from the WHO-2007 reference. There was a high proportion of adolescents with short height (< 10 super(th) percentile) and indication of overweight/obesity (> 90 super(th) percentile). Therefore, although being a region of low economic growth and with one of the lowest social indicators in the country, excess body weight was an important problem associated with nutritional status. The high proportion of overweight/obesity highlights the need to implement public policies designed to promote healthy eating habits and physical activity.Original Abstract: Identificar inadequacoes nutricionais em segmentos especificos da populacao jovem pode oferecer subsidios para intervencao em saude publica. O estudo analisou o estado nutricional antropometrico em amostra de adolescentes escolares de uma regiao brasileira de baixo desenvolvimento economico. A amostra foi constituida por 1.538 sujeitos, com idades entre 15 e 18 anos, sendo 1.036 mocas e 502 rapazes. O estado nutricional antropometrico foi identificado mediante medidas de estatura e calculo do indice de massa corporal (IMC). As comparacoes estatisticas foram estabelecidas com base nas correspondentes distribuicoes de percentis da referencia proposta pela Organizacao Mundial da Saude-2007 (OMS-2007). Os resultados encontrados mostraram que, em ambos os sexos, as distribuicoes de percentis equivalentes aos valores de estatura e IMC foram estatisticamente diferentes da referencia OMS-2007. Foram identificadas elevadas proporcoes de adolescentes com baixa estatura (< 10 Percentil) e indicacao de sobrepeso/obesidade (> 90 Percentil). Portanto, mesmo sendo uma regiao de baixo desenvolvimento economico e com um dos mais baixos indicadores sociais dopais, o excesso de peso corporal foi um impor
ISSN:1415-8426
1980-0037
DOI:10.5007/1980-0037.2014v16n3p258