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Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral

Print version ISSN 0864-2125On-line version ISSN 1561-3038

Abstract

FERNANDEZ DIAZ, Ivonne Elena et al. Anthropometric nutritional evaluation in the elderly. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2005, vol.21, n.1-2. ISSN 0864-2125.

A descriptive cross-sectional research was carried out in a population sample aged 60-79 of both sexes in the health area of "Van Troi" Teaching Polyclinic from September 2002 to June 2003. The objective of the paper was to determine its nutritional status by using anthropometric variables, such as the estimated body mass index, the waist hip index and the percentage of body fat, making a distinction between sex and age groups. A personal interview was made and the family health history and the individual medical history were used. The results showed that the evaluation of the nutritional status by estimated body mass index had a predominance in men with acceptable or normal weight and in overweight women. The estimation of the percentage of body fat evidenced the prevalence of obesity in both sexes. The distribution of fat in males is lower than in females. Despite the variations observed with age, there were only statistically significant differences in the evaluation of the nutritional status according to the body mass index estimated in females.

Keywords : Elderly; nutritional status; anthropometric variables.

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