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Nutritional Status and Anthropometric Indices in High School Girls in Ilam, West Iran

Background. Adolescence is one of the most challenging periods for human growth and nutritional status. The aim of this study was to assess the nutritional status and anthropometric indices in high school girls in Ilam. Methods. This cross-sectional study was performed on 360 domestic high school gi...

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Autores principales: Jamalikandazi, Fatemeh, Ranjbar, Elham, Gholami-Parizad, Eskandar, Ghazanfari, Zeinab, Mostafavi, Seyed-Ali
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Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4925997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27403373
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4275148
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author Jamalikandazi, Fatemeh
Ranjbar, Elham
Gholami-Parizad, Eskandar
Ghazanfari, Zeinab
Mostafavi, Seyed-Ali
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Ranjbar, Elham
Gholami-Parizad, Eskandar
Ghazanfari, Zeinab
Mostafavi, Seyed-Ali
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description Background. Adolescence is one of the most challenging periods for human growth and nutritional status. The aim of this study was to assess the nutritional status and anthropometric indices in high school girls in Ilam. Methods. This cross-sectional study was performed on 360 domestic high school girl students chosen randomly by cluster sampling. Data were gathered through interviews performed by a dietitian to fill 24-hour dietary recall and food frequency and demographic questionnaires. Then we performed the anthropometric measurements and we compared the results with CDC2000 standards. We analyzed our data by N4 food analyzer and SPSS16 software. Results. The prevalence of obesity and overweight was 5% and 10.8%, respectively. Simultaneously, the prevalence of underweight was 20.2%. The prevalence of stunting was 5.8%. We also showed that 50% of high school girls in Ilam suffered from severe food insecurity, 14.7% suffered from mild insecurity, and 4.7% get extra energy from foods. Food analysis showed that micronutrients such as zinc, iron, calcium, folate, fiber, magnesium, and vitamin B12 were less than what is recommended by the RDA. Conclusion. Undernutrition and overnutrition are completely prevalent among girls studied in Ilam. This needs further acts and investigations in the field and more nutritional and health educations.
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spelling pubmed-49259972016-07-11 Nutritional Status and Anthropometric Indices in High School Girls in Ilam, West Iran Jamalikandazi, Fatemeh Ranjbar, Elham Gholami-Parizad, Eskandar Ghazanfari, Zeinab Mostafavi, Seyed-Ali Scientifica (Cairo) Research Article Background. Adolescence is one of the most challenging periods for human growth and nutritional status. The aim of this study was to assess the nutritional status and anthropometric indices in high school girls in Ilam. Methods. This cross-sectional study was performed on 360 domestic high school girl students chosen randomly by cluster sampling. Data were gathered through interviews performed by a dietitian to fill 24-hour dietary recall and food frequency and demographic questionnaires. Then we performed the anthropometric measurements and we compared the results with CDC2000 standards. We analyzed our data by N4 food analyzer and SPSS16 software. Results. The prevalence of obesity and overweight was 5% and 10.8%, respectively. Simultaneously, the prevalence of underweight was 20.2%. The prevalence of stunting was 5.8%. We also showed that 50% of high school girls in Ilam suffered from severe food insecurity, 14.7% suffered from mild insecurity, and 4.7% get extra energy from foods. Food analysis showed that micronutrients such as zinc, iron, calcium, folate, fiber, magnesium, and vitamin B12 were less than what is recommended by the RDA. Conclusion. Undernutrition and overnutrition are completely prevalent among girls studied in Ilam. This needs further acts and investigations in the field and more nutritional and health educations. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4925997/ /pubmed/27403373 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4275148 Text en Copyright © 2016 Fatemeh Jamalikandazi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ranjbar, Elham
Gholami-Parizad, Eskandar
Ghazanfari, Zeinab
Mostafavi, Seyed-Ali
Nutritional Status and Anthropometric Indices in High School Girls in Ilam, West Iran
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title_fullStr Nutritional Status and Anthropometric Indices in High School Girls in Ilam, West Iran
title_full_unstemmed Nutritional Status and Anthropometric Indices in High School Girls in Ilam, West Iran
title_short Nutritional Status and Anthropometric Indices in High School Girls in Ilam, West Iran
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4925997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27403373
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4275148
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