RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS IN PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN FROM BOTUCATU, SÃO PAULO
Waist circumference (WC) is highlighted as a factor linked with the development of cardiovascular disease and as a component of associated metabolic syndromes in adults. It has recently been identified as a risk factor in the pediatric age group. The objective here was to establish a correlation bet...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2013 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Ciência em Extensão |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs-new.unesp.br:article/689 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ojs.unesp.br/index.php/revista_proex/article/view/689 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Anthropometry. Waist circumference. BMI. Children. Nutritional status. Antropometría. Circunferencia de la cintura. IMC. Niños. Estado nutricional. antropometria circunferência da cintura IMC crianças estado nutricional. |
| Sumario: | Waist circumference (WC) is highlighted as a factor linked with the development of cardiovascular disease and as a component of associated metabolic syndromes in adults. It has recently been identified as a risk factor in the pediatric age group. The objective here was to establish a correlation between BMI (body mass index) and WC in pre-school children enrolled in two municipal early childhood education centers in Botucatu (São Paulo State). The study was cross-sectional in nature, with 96 children being evaluated at the final stage of early education. Significant correlation was found between BMI and WC (r = 0.9 and p <0.0001), and 65.6% of children presented measurements that exceeded the normal waist circumference. 67.9% of well-nourished children showed high WC measurements. The study revealed a strong correlation between nutritional status, assessed by BMI, and waist circumference; more than 40% of non-obese children had WC above normal limits. The findings emphasize the importance of WC as an evaluation method, since it has a positive correlation with BMI and is able to identify central obesity in children who are not overweight or obese according to BMI/age criteria. |
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