Abstract

FARINAS RODRIGUEZ, Lucía et al. Nutritional assessment of children aged 6-11 from Ciudad de La Habana. Rev Cubana Invest Bioméd [online]. 2011, vol.30, n.4, pp. 439-449. ISSN 0864-0300.

In past years obesity became in a problem of epidemiological proportions affecting developed and developing countries. The objective of present papers is to determine the behavior of body mass index and the excess weight and obesity prevalence according to the fat content in children from Ciudad de La Habana. The weight, height and tricipital and subscapular skin folds were measured to assess the nutritional status from body mass index and the percentage of total body fat. The 24,68 nof boys and the 35,96% of the girls are within the higher categories of total body fat content. Results confirm the high incidence of the excess weight and obesity in the study sample, situation corresponding with the trend experienced in past years at world scale.

Keywords : Nutritional assessment; obesity; body mass index; body composition; children.

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