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 ...
Obesity in childhood has become an important publie health problem in Chile. Objetive: to study macr...
Introducción: El peso y la talla son datos esenciales para la valoración del crecimiento y estado nu...
The body mass index (BMI) is one of the mostly used criteria to define obesity in children. However,...
Introducción: el estudio del estado nutricional en adolescentes constituye una necesidad, al consoli...
Introducción: la obesidad en la adolescencia representa un fenómeno desfavorable con incidencia nega...
Overweight and obesity result from change in dietary patterns and increasingly sedentary attitude. O...
Overweight and obesity result from change in dietary patterns and increasingly sedentary attitude. O...
Overweight and obesity result from change in dietary patterns and increasingly sedentary attitude. O...
La adolescencia es un periodo caracterizado por los cambios fisiológicos, cognitivos y psicosociales...
La adolescencia es un periodo caracterizado por los cambios fisiológicos, cognitivos y psicosociales...
La adolescencia es un periodo caracterizado por los cambios fisiológicos, cognitivos y psicosociales...
Introduction: The existence of different reference populations for overweight and obesity diagnosis ...
Introduction: The existence of different reference populations for overweight and obesity diagnosis ...
We analyzed the prevalence of general and abdominal obesity (AO) in school adolescents with differen...
Objective: To analyze the relationship between nutritional status and physical activity, socioeconom...
Obesity in childhood has become an important publie health problem in Chile. Objetive: to study macr...
Introducción: El peso y la talla son datos esenciales para la valoración del crecimiento y estado nu...
The body mass index (BMI) is one of the mostly used criteria to define obesity in children. However,...
Introducción: el estudio del estado nutricional en adolescentes constituye una necesidad, al consoli...
Introducción: la obesidad en la adolescencia representa un fenómeno desfavorable con incidencia nega...
Overweight and obesity result from change in dietary patterns and increasingly sedentary attitude. O...
Overweight and obesity result from change in dietary patterns and increasingly sedentary attitude. O...
Overweight and obesity result from change in dietary patterns and increasingly sedentary attitude. O...
La adolescencia es un periodo caracterizado por los cambios fisiológicos, cognitivos y psicosociales...
La adolescencia es un periodo caracterizado por los cambios fisiológicos, cognitivos y psicosociales...
La adolescencia es un periodo caracterizado por los cambios fisiológicos, cognitivos y psicosociales...
Introduction: The existence of different reference populations for overweight and obesity diagnosis ...
Introduction: The existence of different reference populations for overweight and obesity diagnosis ...
We analyzed the prevalence of general and abdominal obesity (AO) in school adolescents with differen...
Objective: To analyze the relationship between nutritional status and physical activity, socioeconom...
Obesity in childhood has become an important publie health problem in Chile. Objetive: to study macr...
Introducción: El peso y la talla son datos esenciales para la valoración del crecimiento y estado nu...
The body mass index (BMI) is one of the mostly used criteria to define obesity in children. However,...