Central adiposity in Brazilian schoolchildren aged 7-10 years (2007)
- Authors:
- Autor USP: CONDE, WOLNEY LISBÔA - FSP
- Unidade: FSP
- Subjects: TRANSTORNOS NUTRICIONAIS; ESTADO NUTRICIONAL (AVALIAÇÃO); OBESIDADE (PREVALÊNCIA); CRIANÇAS; IDADE ESCOLAR
- Language: Inglês
- Abstract: Waist circumference (WC) is a measure of central adiposity related to elevated risk factor levels in children and adolescents. The aim of the present study was to describe WC percentiles in 7- to 10-year-old Brazilian children and to compare frequencies of obesity and overweight as defined by BMI and frequencies of excess and at risk of abdominal adiposity as defined by WC to the corresponding age and sex data from British references. A representative sample of 2919 schoolchildren of the city of Florianopolis (southern Brazil) was examined. Smoothed WC percentiles were derived using the least mean square method. Frequencies of overweight and obesity and of excess and at risk of abdominal adiposity were assessed using the 91st and 98th centiles of the British references as cut-off points. WC increased with age in both boys and girls, with higher values for boys at every age and percentile level. Nutritional status categories of children assessed by the 91st and 98th British BMI and WC centiles showed moderate agreement (weighted ?=0.58). Overweight was more frequent in Brazilian than British children: 15.1% of girls and 20.1% of boys were above the 91st percentile of the 1990 BMI for age British references. About one-quarter (22.0% of girls and 26.9% of boys) exceeded the 91st percentile of WC British references. The present data could be used to compare WC in children in other populations and may serve as a baseline for future studies of temporal trends in WC in Brazil
- Imprenta:
- Source:
- Título: British Journal of nutrition
- ISSN: 0007-1145
- Volume/Número/Paginação/Ano: v. 97, n. 4, p. 799-805, 2007
-
ABNT
MONTEIRO, Carlos Augusto et al. Central adiposity in Brazilian schoolchildren aged 7-10 years. British Journal of nutrition, v. 97, n. 4, p. 799-805, 2007Tradução . . Acesso em: 16 jan. 2026. -
APA
Monteiro, C. A., De Assis, M. A. A., Rolland-Cachera, M. F., De Vasconcelos, F. A. G., Bellisle, F., Conde, W. L., et al. (2007). Central adiposity in Brazilian schoolchildren aged 7-10 years. British Journal of nutrition, 97( 4), 799-805. -
NLM
Monteiro CA, De Assis MAA, Rolland-Cachera MF, De Vasconcelos FAG, Bellisle F, Conde WL, Calvo MCM, Luna MEP, IRETON MJ, Grosseman S. Central adiposity in Brazilian schoolchildren aged 7-10 years. British Journal of nutrition. 2007 ; 97( 4): 799-805.[citado 2026 jan. 16 ] -
Vancouver
Monteiro CA, De Assis MAA, Rolland-Cachera MF, De Vasconcelos FAG, Bellisle F, Conde WL, Calvo MCM, Luna MEP, IRETON MJ, Grosseman S. Central adiposity in Brazilian schoolchildren aged 7-10 years. British Journal of nutrition. 2007 ; 97( 4): 799-805.[citado 2026 jan. 16 ] - Excess mortality associated with COVID-19 in Brazil: 2020-2021
- A correlação entre as medidas da altura e do comprimento do braço em crianças menores de 5 anos
- Desenvolvimento e aplicação de sistema classificatório para avaliação do estado nutricional de crianças adolescentes brasileiros baseado no índice de massa corporal
- Elaboração de material didático e de apoio para treinamento e capacitação de profissionais da saúde na realização do exame antropométrico
- Associação entre variáveis antropométricas e composição corporal de homens adultos [resumo]
- Padrão de alimentação e composição corporal em adolescentes
- Is the secular trend in height delaying overweight rise among adolescents? The Brazilian case
- O IMC como expressão da gordura corporal: adultos I
- Atividade física,composição corporal e tensão arterial em homens jovens
- O risco de incidência e persistência da obesidade entre adultos Brasileiros segundo seu estado nutricional ao final da adolescência
How to cite
A citação é gerada automaticamente e pode não estar totalmente de acordo com as normas
