Abstract
Analysis and Comparison of the Nutritional Status of Adolescents Utilizing Different Anthropometrics Indices
Highlights
Obesity is considered to be the most ascendant chronicle disease in the world which reaches all age groups and social classes, both in developed countries and lower developed countries [1]
This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional status, verify anthropometric differences and compare the prevalence of inadequate nutritional status measured by different anthropometric indices between sexes in adolescents
There was no difference in the prevalence of overweight or obesity between the sexes using the body mass index (BMI) results, Ponderal Index (PI), abdominal circumference (AC) and waistto-height ratio (WHtR), while for the body fat (BF), there was a higher prevalence of obesity among girls and the neck circumference (NC)
Summary
Obesity is considered to be the most ascendant chronicle disease in the world which reaches all age groups and social classes, both in developed countries and lower developed countries [1]. The results of the Household Budget Survey (HBS) conducted in 2008/2009 show that overweight and obesity in adolescents was 25.4%, which represents the double compared to the research of the previous decade [3]. These data are of concern since evidences show that excess weight in young people is a predictor of risk for its maintenance in adulthood [4]. It was developed the body mass index (BMI), which is a measurement of nutritional status which uses only body weight and height measurements [6]. Later other equations were developed using the same measures [8] or other methods that estimate the body fat by skinfolds [9] and, even though they are less practical, they determine with some precision the body fat
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