Evaluación antropométrica en niños de la escuela primaria “Belisario Domínguez”, Pachuca de Soto.
Introduction: The nutritional status reflects the degree to which an individual's nutritional needs are met, so that an optimal nutritional status promotes growth and development while protecting the individual from diseases and disorders. Any imbalance deficiency or excess nutrients, compromis...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | México |
| Recursos: | UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO |
| Repositorio: | Educación y salud Boletín Científico Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repository.uaeh.edu.mx:article/815 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://repository.uaeh.edu.mx/revistas/index.php/ICSA/article/view/815 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, Underweight, Overweight, Abdominal Obesity and School Children Índice de Masa Corporal, Perímetro Abdominal, Bajo Peso, Exceso de Peso, Obesidad Abdominal y Escolares |
| Resumo: | Introduction: The nutritional status reflects the degree to which an individual's nutritional needs are met, so that an optimal nutritional status promotes growth and development while protecting the individual from diseases and disorders. Any imbalance deficiency or excess nutrients, compromise the nutritional status and vital functions of the subject, in children taking vital for proper growth and maturation. Methods and materials: An observational, cross-sectional exploratory study completed in the "Belisario Domínguez" 154 elementary school students, 88 were females and 66 males. Anthropometric measurements were taken: weight, height to calculate body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference.Results: It was observed that 3.9% are underweight, 46.7% are within the normal range and 49.3% of the population is overweight according to BMI.Considering waist circumference 45.4% is within the normal range, while 54.5% have visceral fat accumulation, of which 29.2% fall in the diagnosis of abdominal obesityConclusion and discussion: The prevalence found compliant with national trends, which identify malnutrition or low weight, are increasingly rare in this age group, while overweight is more frequent and increasing alarmingly. We can also conclude that waist circumference may be a more reliable way to identify a significant risk mainly by the association it has with impaired glucose levels as visceral adiposity predisposes to insulin resistance anthropometric indicator; and hyperinsulinism. That's why even though more than half of the population has a BMI considered risk, keep under surveillance those with abdominal obesity, the risk of developing insulin resistance. |
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