Nutritional status and association of overweight with gender and age in children and adolescents.
The aim of this study was to assess the nutritional status and the association of excess body weight (EBW) with gender and age among children and adolescents from the town of Vilhena, Rondonia, Brazil. A total of 5,883 students, including children (6 to 11 years) and adolescents (12 to 17 years), fr...
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| author | Kleverton Krinski Sergio Piologro da Hora Hassan Mohamed Elsangedy Cassiano Ricardo Rech Elto Legnani Bruno Vinicius Santos Wagner de Campos Sergio Gregorio da Silva |
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| description | The aim of this study was to assess the nutritional status and the association of excess body weight (EBW) with gender and age among children and adolescents from the town of Vilhena, Rondonia, Brazil. A total of 5,883 students, including children (6 to 11 years) and adolescents (12 to 17 years), from public schools participated in the study. Body weight and height were measured and the body mass index was calculated for subsequent classification of nutritional status. The t-test was used for comparison between genders and the chi-square test and Poisson regression were used to evaluate the association between EBW, gender, and age. Data were analyzed with the SPSS 11.0 program at a level of significance of p < 0.05. The prevalence of EBW was 19.3% among children and 17.4% among adolescents. EBW was significantly associated with gender and age among children. In addition, the prevalence of EBW was higher among girls (PR = 1.81, 95% CI 1.49 to 2.21) than among boys. Adolescent girls also presented a higher prevalence ofEBW than boys (PR = 1.81, 95% CI 1.49 to 2.21). The prevalence of EBW increased linearly in children (6 to 11 years) and decreased in adolescents (15 to 17 years). These results suggest that the prevalence of overweight is high among children and adolescents from northern Brazil. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bab4079ea0744caea51a248639a87a4b2022-12-22T00:04:58ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaRevista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano1415-84261980-00372011-12-01131293510.5007/1980-0037.2011v13n1p2914351Nutritional status and association of overweight with gender and age in children and adolescents.Kleverton Krinski0Sergio Piologro da Hora1Hassan Mohamed Elsangedy2Cassiano Ricardo Rech3Elto Legnani4Bruno Vinicius Santos5Wagner de Campos6Sergio Gregorio da Silva7Universidade Federal do Paraná. Curitiba, Brasil.Universidade Federal do Paraná. Curitiba, BrasilUniversidade Federal do Paraná. Curitiba, BrasilUniversidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa. Ponta Grossa . BrasilUniversidade Federal do Paraná. Curitiba, BrasilUniversidade Federal do Paraná. Curitiba, BrasilUniversidade Federal do Paraná. Curitiba, BrasilUniversidade Federal do Paraná. Curitiba, BrasilThe aim of this study was to assess the nutritional status and the association of excess body weight (EBW) with gender and age among children and adolescents from the town of Vilhena, Rondonia, Brazil. A total of 5,883 students, including children (6 to 11 years) and adolescents (12 to 17 years), from public schools participated in the study. Body weight and height were measured and the body mass index was calculated for subsequent classification of nutritional status. The t-test was used for comparison between genders and the chi-square test and Poisson regression were used to evaluate the association between EBW, gender, and age. Data were analyzed with the SPSS 11.0 program at a level of significance of p < 0.05. The prevalence of EBW was 19.3% among children and 17.4% among adolescents. EBW was significantly associated with gender and age among children. In addition, the prevalence of EBW was higher among girls (PR = 1.81, 95% CI 1.49 to 2.21) than among boys. Adolescent girls also presented a higher prevalence ofEBW than boys (PR = 1.81, 95% CI 1.49 to 2.21). The prevalence of EBW increased linearly in children (6 to 11 years) and decreased in adolescents (15 to 17 years). These results suggest that the prevalence of overweight is high among children and adolescents from northern Brazil.https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/rbcdh/article/view/12767obesityoverweightchildadolescence |
| spellingShingle | Kleverton Krinski Sergio Piologro da Hora Hassan Mohamed Elsangedy Cassiano Ricardo Rech Elto Legnani Bruno Vinicius Santos Wagner de Campos Sergio Gregorio da Silva Nutritional status and association of overweight with gender and age in children and adolescents. Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano obesity overweight child adolescence |
| title | Nutritional status and association of overweight with gender and age in children and adolescents. |
| title_full | Nutritional status and association of overweight with gender and age in children and adolescents. |
| title_fullStr | Nutritional status and association of overweight with gender and age in children and adolescents. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nutritional status and association of overweight with gender and age in children and adolescents. |
| title_short | Nutritional status and association of overweight with gender and age in children and adolescents. |
| title_sort | nutritional status and association of overweight with gender and age in children and adolescents |
| topic | obesity overweight child adolescence |
| url | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/rbcdh/article/view/12767 |
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