Nutritional state of scholars from 6 to 11 years old. Clinical-anthropometrical characterization.
<strong>Background:</strong> Nutritional assessment as a methodology allows identifying the nutritional status of individuals or populations, and is based on the assessment of anthropometric, clinical, biochemical and dietary rates. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> To...
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| Language: | Spanish |
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Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos
2011-07-01
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| Series: | Medisur |
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| Online Access: | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/1493 |
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| Summary: | <strong>Background:</strong> Nutritional assessment as a methodology allows identifying the nutritional status of individuals or populations, and is based on the assessment of anthropometric, clinical, biochemical and dietary rates. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> To evaluate the behaviour of the main anthropometric and nutritional rates as well as the nutritional status of scholars from 6 to 11 years old. <br /><strong>Methods:</strong> A descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted from January to June 2010. The sample consisted of 1601 children. The following variables were analyzed: age, sex, current nutritional status, height/age ratio, body mass index according to age and abdominal circumference index, also according to age. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> 73.1% (1171) of children were of normal weight, 8.6% (138) were obese, 10.5% (168) were overweight and only 3.6% (57) were undernourished. Obesity (11.2%), overweight (12.8%) and malnutrition (4.3%) were predominant in males. In the case of obese and overweight children, they respectively showed a 54.6% and a 36.1% who were over the height average expected for their age and sex. <br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> There is a tendency to overweight and obesity in schoolchildren of Moa, as well as a low percentage of malnourished patients. Correlation was observed between the current nutritional status and anthropometric rates that were evaluated. Most obese patients present visceral obesity. |
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| ISSN: | 1727-897X |