Physical growth and nutritional status of adolescent students

Authors

  • Wilbert Cossio Bolaños Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Privada San Juan Bautista, Lima, Perú
  • Rossana Gómez Campos Facultad de Educación Física, Universidad Estadual de Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brasil
  • Adriana Araya Menacho Grupo de estudios "Salud del niño y del adolescente", Escuela de Sanidad Naval, Lima, Perú
  • Aquiles Yáñez Silva Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Católica de Maule, Chile
  • Miguel De Arruda Facultad de Educación Física, Universidad Estadual de Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brasil
  • Marco Antonio Cossio Bolaños Departamento de Ciencias de la Actividad Física, Universidad Católica del Maule, Chile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v75i1.6942

Keywords:

Growth, nutritional status, adolescents

Abstract

Objectives: To determine physical growth parameters and to assess nutritional status of school adolescents. Design: Descriptive comparative study. Institution: Liceo Naval Admiral Lizardo Montero, Lima, Peru. Participants: Adolescents aged 12-15 years. Interventions: A non-probability selection of 501 school children of both sexes (251 men and 250 women) was done. Variables determined included weight and height. Mean, standard deviation, percentages, t-test for independent samples and paired (p <0.05) and chi-square (p<0.05) analysis were done. Main outcome measures: Variables of growth and nutritional status. Results: Compared to international references, there were no significant differences (p <0.05) in weight and height by sex in adolescents. The nutritional status showed higher proportion of well nourished subjects (74.5% in men and 75.6% in women) compared with low birth weight (2% in men, 0.8% in women), overweight (16.3% in men and 20.4 in women) and obesity (7.2% in men and 3.2% in women). Conclusions: Physical growth pattern was similar to international reference values but the high prevalence of overweight in both sexes suggests a public health problem.

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Published

2014-03-17

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Vol. 75 No. 1 (2014)

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Cossio Bolaños W, Gómez Campos R, Araya Menacho A, Yáñez Silva A, De Arruda M, Cossio Bolaños MA. Physical growth and nutritional status of adolescent students. An Fac med [Internet]. 2014 Mar. 17 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];75(1):19-23. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/6942