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ArticleIndian journal of endocrinology and metabolism

Prevalence of underweight, overweight, and obesity among 2, 162 Brazilian school adolescents.

Clarice Siqueira Silva, Cyro Teixeira da Silva Junior, Bruna Soares Ferreira, Francielle Dal Mora da Silva, Patricia Siqueira Silva, Analúcia Rampazzo Xavier

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Article in Indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Clarice Siqueira SilvaSecretary of Education, Armação de Búzios, Estrada da Usina 600, Rio de Janeiro, 28950-000, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Department of Maternal Child, Faculty of Medicine, Professional Master's Program in Mother and Child Health, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rua Marquês do Paraná, 303, Niterói, State of Rio de Janeiro, 24030-215, Brazil.
Cyro Teixeira da Silva JuniorDepartment of Maternal Child, Faculty of Medicine, Professional Master's Program in Mother and Child Health, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rua Marquês do Paraná, 303, Niterói, State of Rio de Janeiro, 24030-215, Brazil.
Bruna Soares FerreiraSecretary of Education, Armação de Búzios, Estrada da Usina 600, Rio de Janeiro, 28950-000, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Francielle Dal Mora da SilvaSecretary of Education, Armação de Búzios, Estrada da Usina 600, Rio de Janeiro, 28950-000, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Patricia Siqueira SilvaDepartment of Maternal Child, Faculty of Medicine, Professional Master's Program in Mother and Child Health, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rua Marquês do Paraná, 303, Niterói, State of Rio de Janeiro, 24030-215, Brazil.
Analúcia Rampazzo XavierDepartment of Maternal Child, Faculty of Medicine, Professional Master's Program in Mother and Child Health, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rua Marquês do Paraná, 303, Niterói, State of Rio de Janeiro, 24030-215, Brazil.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe nutritional profile of the Brazilian population has changed in recent years. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the prevalence of nutritional status among Brazilian school adolescents during the period from January 2014 to December 2014.

methodsThis study employed an observational design with a cohort of school adolescents. Anthropometric measurement was assessed by nutritionists in government schools. The cut-off points for body mass index according to Brazilian criteria for adolescents of both sexes between 10 years and 19 years old were underweight (≤17.5 kg/m(2)), overweigh (≥25.0 kg/m(2)), and obesity (≥30.0 kg/m(2)).

resultsThe number of students included in the analysis was 2162, of which 71.0% were males and 29% were females (P = 0.00001). The mean age (years) was 13.14 ± 2.17 for boys and 12.66 ± 1.85 for girls (P = 0.0001). The prevalence of underweight, overweight, and obesity observed in our population of school adolescents according to the Brazilian criteria was 2.8%, 8.1%, and 2.4% for males, respectively, and 23.0%, 10.7%, and 3.6% for females, respectively. For both sexes, there was no statistically significant difference between overweight (P = 0.5469) and obesity (P = 0.7863), but there was for underweight (P = 0.001).

conclusionsThe occurrence of excess weight among Brazilian school adolescents is similar to the international prevalence, but the prevalence of underweight was very high among girls. The nutritional status of adolescents must be considered a public health problem in Brazil.

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Adolescentnutritionnutritional statusobesity

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