Nutritional profile of a military unit in the city of Anápolis in Goiás

The nutritional evaluation provides information regarding nutritional status. There are several methods to evaluate this State, such as: weight, height, BMI, pleats or skinfolds, brachial and abdominal circumference. Military classes, physical fitness is a determining factor, namely, low levels of p...

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Autores: Silva, Maria Elci Neves da, Assis, Jaqueline N., da Silva, Joel Rocha
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Brasil
Institución:Instituto Brasileiro de Ensino e Pesquisa em Fisiologia do Exercício (IBPEFEX)
Repositorio:Revista Brasileira de Nutrição Esportiva
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.rbne.com.br:article/478
Acceso en línea:https://www.rbne.com.br/index.php/rbne/article/view/478
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Anthropometry
Military
Nutrition
Antropometria
Militar
Nutrición
Militare
Nutrizione
Nutrição
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Sumario:The nutritional evaluation provides information regarding nutritional status. There are several methods to evaluate this State, such as: weight, height, BMI, pleats or skinfolds, brachial and abdominal circumference. Military classes, physical fitness is a determining factor, namely, low levels of physical fitness influencing negatively both the ticket promotional system of military career. In the research were evaluated and submitted to an evaluation of military test of fitness assessment. The basis of the research consisted in the analysis of data that is organized and tabulated in Excel type spreadsheets. The aim of this work was to evaluate the nutritional status of military personnel of a military unit city of Annapolis. The analyzed presented 56.39% of eutrophy and 36.42% overweight, body fat index was very good and suitable, and the risk of cardiovascular diseases resulted in normal and moderate.