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Rev Cubana Invest Bioméd 2014; 33 (4)

Body Mass Index and arm composition in cuban children

Fariñas RL, Vázquez SV, Martínez FAJ

Language: Spanish
References: 19
Page: 374-380
PDF size: 92.58 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: obesity is the most common nutritional disorder in children and adolescents, constituting a health problem of the first order. The fat and arm muscle area is considered good parameters to assess nutritional status, indirectly quantifying protein and energy reserves.
Objectives: assess the nutritional status by body mass index and the arm composition.
Methods: anthropometric assessment of nutritional status in 342 children was conducted by body mass index (BMI) and fat area and arm muscle.
Results: high frequency of overweight and obesity found when assessing BMI correspond to those found when analyzing the arm fat area, with good concordance in females and moderate concordance in males.
Conclusions: overweight and obesity are affecting children. The Arm Fat Area in combination with BMI can be suggested as an alternative for assessing nutritional status in pediatric populations.


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