AVALIAÇÃO NUTRICIONAL ANTROPOMÉTRICA EM ADOLESCENTES COM SOBREPESO E OBESIDADE

Authors

  • Vagner de Souza Vargas
  • Rubens Cáurio Lobato

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14295/vittalle.v19i1.700

Keywords:

Antropometria, índice de massa corporal, prega cutânea tricipital, prega cutânea subescapular, avaliação nutricional, adolescentes

Abstract

Overweight and obesity are growing problems all over the world. The obese people proportion grows substantially, increasing the risk for the development of chronic-degenerative diseases. The objective of this study was to develop an anthropometric nutritional evaluation in male teenagers from Pelotas – RS – Brazil, between July and October 2000. Daily, during the exam of health for the army recruitment, the following measures were taken from the boys: weight, height and triceps skinfold and subescapular skinfold. There were analysed 2229 boys, 5.7% of them showed risk of overweight and 8.0% obesity. Among the obese individuals, 36.5% presented larger deposition of subcutaneous fat. Therefore, we observed that as much as the body mass index increased, the subcutaneous fatty deposition had also increased.

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Author Biographies

Vagner de Souza Vargas

Graduação em Nutrição pela Universidade Federal de Pelotas (2001) e Mestrado em Ciências da Saúde pela Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (2006).

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Rubens Cáurio Lobato

Formando do curso de Ciências Biológicas-Licenciatura pela Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG).

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Published

2008-02-27

How to Cite

Vargas, V. de S., & Lobato, R. C. (2008). AVALIAÇÃO NUTRICIONAL ANTROPOMÉTRICA EM ADOLESCENTES COM SOBREPESO E OBESIDADE. VITTALLE - Revista De Ciências Da Saúde, 19(1), 59–68. https://doi.org/10.14295/vittalle.v19i1.700

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