Nutritional Status Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in Middle-School Children in the City of Montes Claros - MG, Brazil

The aim of this study was to investigate the association between nutritional status and prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in middle-school students in the city of Montes Claros - MG. The sample consisted of 382 students, aged 10–16 years. Nutritional status was evaluated using the Body Mass Inde...

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Autores principales: Cruz, Igor Raineh Durães, Mourão, Daniella Mota, Freitas, Daniel Antunes, Souza, Andrey George Silva, Pereira, Alessandra Ribeiro, Aidar, Felipe José, Carneiro, André Luiz Gomes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego w Katowicach 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4332189/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25713649
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2014-0094
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Sumario:The aim of this study was to investigate the association between nutritional status and prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in middle-school students in the city of Montes Claros - MG. The sample consisted of 382 students, aged 10–16 years. Nutritional status was evaluated using the Body Mass Index (BMI). Metabolic syndrome (MS) was defined as the presence of two or more criteria in accordance with definition of the International Diabetes Federation. The overall prevalence of MS was 7.9%. 9.7% of students with MS were overweight and 72.4% were obese. Therefore, it can be inferred that carrying excess weight considerably increases the chances for a child to develop MS, and concomitantly increases the child’s risk for developing cardiovascular disease.

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