Weight, height, BMI and body composition of school children aged 07 to 17 years in Campinas city - SP, Brazil / Peso, altura, IMC e composição corporal de escolares de 07 a 17 anos no municipio de Campinas-SP

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

The main purpose of this cross sectional study was to evaluate the body composition and growth of 6,998 children and adolescents aged between 07 and 17 years, enrolled at public and private schools in the city of Campinas, 8ao Paulo. In addition to assessment of overweight and obesity prevalence in the adolescents. Measurements were also taken of weight, height, arm circumference (AC), waist circumference (WC), triceps skinfold thickness (TSFT), subscapular skinfold thickness (SSFT) and bioelectrical impedance (BI). The derived measures were body mass index (BMI), arm muscle area (AMA), arm fat area (AFA), body fat percent (%BF), lean body mass (LM) and fat mass (FM). The variables were grouped according to age, sex and type of school and then transformed into percentiles. The BMI was used to evaluate overweight (p=85) and obesity (p=95) using the CDC (2000) as reference. The existence of a statistically significant difference in growth assessment measures in relation to age, sex and type of school was verified. Among the adolescents, weight, height and BMI were statistically significant in relation to sex and type of school. Measures of %BF; FM, 88FT and AMA were statistically significant for all ages in relation to sex and type of school. Overweight prevalence was 11.1 % and obesity was 5.6%. Both overweight and obesity were higher in private schools than in public schools respectively, overweight 14,5 vs 9,2 (p<0.0l) and obesity 7,9 vs 4,4 (p<0.01) and boys than girls, respectively, 14,5 vs 9.2 (p<0.0l) and 7,9 vs 4,4 (p<0.01). The schoolchildren in this study reach weight, height and BMI of similar values at the end of puberty, but with different results related to the body composition, with higher prevalence of obesity and percent of fat among schoolchildren of private schools than public schools.

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composição corporal nutrição - avaliação growth nutritional status crescimento body composition

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