Abtract Introduction: Obesity compromises the quality of life. However, few studies have investigated influence different anthropometric indicators on life this population. Objective: We aimed to correlate physical and mental components verify its association with in adults obesity. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted obesity [body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m²]. The using SF-36 questi...

BACKGROUND Various anthropometric indices can be used to estimate obesity, and it is important to determine which one is the best in predicting the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and to define the optimal cut-off point for the best index. METHODS This cross-sectional study investigated a consecutive sample of 11,247 adults, who had lived in rural areas of China and were older than 35 ye...

BACKGROUND It is commonly believed that households are relatively homogeneous with respect to nutritional status and occurrence of diseases. We therefore examined how anthropometric measurements are correlated between different household members in famine-prone Ethiopian communities. METHODS We studied 1147 people in the Elka village in the Rift Valley. RESULTS The results show that the cor...

The prevalence of underweight among underfives, based on anthropometric surveys is used as one of the two hunger related indicators for tracking progress towards MDG-1. The measurement of height in addition to weight allows a more refined classification of anthropometric failure, which dissects underweight in its two components (stunting and wasting). Because height captures long term growth pe...

OBJECTIVE Verify the association between anthropometric indicators and the Subjective Global Assessment of Nutritional Status (SGA) and the Screening of Risk for Nutritional Status and Growth (STRONGkids) scales. METHODS A cross-sectional study with patients from 0 to 18 years admitted in the Hospital das Clínicas, Goiânia (GO), between August and November 2015. Children and adolescents admit...

BACKGROUND Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) can cause side effects in HIV patients, as the metabolic syndrome. Early identification of risk for development of cardiovascular diseases using available reliable and practical methods is fundamental. On this basis, the aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of anthropometric indicators to identify metabolic syndrome in HIV pa...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the nutritional status of Turkish high school adolescents using anthropometric indicators and to determine the relationship of nutritional status with gender and socioeconomic status (SES) in adolescents. METHODS Six hundred eighty adolescent students (n=284 males, 396 females) aged 14-18 years were selected from 6 high schools of different regions. Nutritional status wa...

OBJECTIVES Market integration is an important source of cultural change exposing indigenous populations to epidemiologic and nutrition transitions. As children and adolescents are biologically sensitive to the health effects of market integration, we examine community variation of anthropometric indicators of nutritional status and growth among a cross-cultural sample of Kichwa, Shuar, Huaorani...

Different fortified foods have been used for the control of iron-deficiency anaemia in children. In Brazil, a low cost, abundant and culturally accepted food but not yet used for fortification, is orange juice. To evaluate the usefulness of fortified orange juice, 50 preschool children enrolled in a day-care centre in the town of Pontal, Southeast Brazil, received two flasks of 200 ml orange ju...

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between anthropometric indicators - body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) - and the sum of skinfold thicknesses in 7-10-year-old children attending a public school in São Paulo (SP). Height, weight, WC and triceps, biceps, subscapular and suprailiac skinfolds were measured, and the sum of skinfold thick...