Nutritional status, biological maturation and cardiorespiratory fitness in Azorean youth aged 11-15 years

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorCoelho-e-Silva, Manuel J.
dc.creatorVaz Ronque, Enio R
dc.creatorCyrino, Edilson S
dc.creatorFernandes, Rômulo A.
dc.creatorValente-Dos-Santos, João
dc.creatorMachado-Rodrigues, Aristides
dc.creatorMartins, Raul
dc.creatorFigueiredo, António J
dc.creatorSantos, Rute
dc.creatorMalina, Robert M
dc.date2014-05-27T11:29:32Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:48:38Z
dc.date2014-05-27T11:29:32Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:48:38Z
dc.date2013-05-27
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T02:24:25Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T02:24:25Z
dc.identifierBMC Public Health, v. 13, n. 1, 2013.
dc.identifier1471-2458
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/75439
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/75439
dc.identifier10.1186/1471-2458-13-495
dc.identifierWOS:000319830600001
dc.identifier2-s2.0-84878009305.pdf
dc.identifier2-s2.0-84878009305
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-495
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/896183
dc.descriptionBackground: Sex and individual differences in biological maturity status can influence height, weight, and body fat. Thus, the rigorous control of these variables seems necessary for estimating overweight and obesity in adolescents. The aims of this study were to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity and over-fatness in Azorean adolescents and to examine the contributions of chronological age, sex, estimated maturity status, and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) to the risk of overweight and obesity and over-fatness. Methods. The sample comprised 1,206 youth aged 11-15 years (626 boys and 580 girls) from the Azores Islands, Portugal. Body mass, stature, and skinfolds (triceps and subscapular) were measured. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated and percent fat was predicted from skinfolds. Age- and sex-specific IOTF cut-off values of the BMI defined nutritional status. Biological maturation was estimated as present height expressed as a percentage of predicted adult (mature) stature. The CRF was analyzed from the 20-m shuttle run test. Results: The total prevalence rates of overweight/obesity and over-fatness were of 31% and 27%, respectively. Low CRF (unfit) and being average and advanced in maturity status were positively and significantly associated with overweight/obesity and with risk of being over-fatness in both sexes. Conclusions: High prevalence rates of overweight/obesity and over-fatness were identified in Azorean youth, and low CRF and advanced biological maturation were positively associated with overweight/obesity and over-fatness in our sample of adolescents. © 2013 Coelho-e-Silva et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
dc.languageeng
dc.relationBMC Public Health
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectadolescent
dc.subjectage
dc.subjectAtlantic islands
dc.subjectbody mass
dc.subjectbody weight
dc.subjectcardiovascular system
dc.subjectchild
dc.subjectexercise test
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjectfitness
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectnutritional status
dc.subjectobesity
dc.subjectrespiratory system
dc.subjectsexual maturation
dc.subjectAdolescent
dc.subjectAge Factors
dc.subjectAzores
dc.subjectBody Mass Index
dc.subjectCardiovascular System
dc.subjectChild
dc.subjectExercise Test
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectNutritional Status
dc.subjectOverweight
dc.subjectPhysical Fitness
dc.subjectRespiratory System
dc.subjectSexual Maturation
dc.subjectThinness
dc.titleNutritional status, biological maturation and cardiorespiratory fitness in Azorean youth aged 11-15 years
dc.typeOtro


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