Nutrición Hospitalaria (Aug 2012)

Estudio antropométrico y valoración del estado nutricional de una población de escolares de Granada: comparación con los estándares nacionales e internacionales de referencia Anthropometric study and evaluation of the nutritional status of a population school children in Granada: comparison of national and international reference standards

  • E. González Jiménez,
  • M.ª J. Aguilar Cordero,
  • J. Álvarez Ferre,
  • C. Padilla López,
  • M. C. Valenza

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3305/nh.2012.27.4.5852
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 4
pp. 1106 – 1113

Abstract

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Estudios recientes muestran un incremento alarmante en las tasas de sobrepeso y obesidad entre la población infantil y juvenil. Los objetivos de este trabajo fueron realizar una valoración del estado nutricional y composición corporal mediante antropometría en una población de escolares de Granada capital y provincia, así como comparar el estado nutricional de la población escolar estudiada con los estándares nacionales e internacionales de referencia. La prevalencia general de sobrepeso encontrado en ambos sexos fue del 22,03% y la tasa de obesidad del 9,12%. Se encontraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas entre la variable peso para la edad y el sexo (p Recent studies show an alarming increase in levels of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents. The main objectives of this research were the following: (i) to carry out an anthropometric evaluation of the nutritional status and body composition of school children in the city and province of Granada; (ii) to compare the nutritional status of this population sample with national and international reference standards. The results obtained in this study showed that the general prevalence of overweight in both sexes was 22.03% and that 9.12% of the children were obese. Statistically significant differences were found between the variable, weight for age and sex (p < 0.05) and the variable, height for age and sex (p < 0.05). Regarding the body mass index, no statistically significant differences were found for the variable, sex (p = 0.182). This contrasted with the variable, age, which did show statistically significant differences (p < 0.05). As a conclusion, the results of our study highlighted the fact that these anthropometric values were much higher than national and international reference standards.

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