The purpose of this study is to investigate the anthro¬pometric characteristics of the preteen population (weight, height, BMI and percentage of body fat) in the Region Liguria, analyzing and collecting data relating to the body composition of Elemen-tary School Children.Methods: Weight and height were measured in 426 pupils of both sexes, 11 years of age, from elementary schools in the provinces of Genoa, Imperia and La Spezia. The BMI was calculated for all students as well as the means, standard deviations, and extreme values with respect to the analyzed sample. Moreover, 95 pupils from the province of Genoa and 120 from the Province of Imperia underwent the test for the detection of fat mass.Results: Weight, height and BMI values obtained from the meas¬urements were analyzed in the light of tables of percentiles pro¬posed by Cole et al, widely used internationally, useful to focus the risk among children to become underweight, normal weight, overweight and obese as adults. The percentages of fat mass with¬in the investigated population were analyzed through the use of an impedancemeter.Conclusions: Within the analyzed sample, the data show that 67% of the girls are normal weight, a situation that will presumably persist into adulthood, while the overall risk to become over¬weight or obese reaches 32%. With regard to the boys, 57% of the children belonging to the sample is normal weight, while 42% of the pupils appears to be at risk of becoming overweight or obese as adults.
Correlation between lifestyle and obesity in a sample of students of the Region Liguria
SCOTTON, Claudio Giovanni;
2012-01-01
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the anthro¬pometric characteristics of the preteen population (weight, height, BMI and percentage of body fat) in the Region Liguria, analyzing and collecting data relating to the body composition of Elemen-tary School Children.Methods: Weight and height were measured in 426 pupils of both sexes, 11 years of age, from elementary schools in the provinces of Genoa, Imperia and La Spezia. The BMI was calculated for all students as well as the means, standard deviations, and extreme values with respect to the analyzed sample. Moreover, 95 pupils from the province of Genoa and 120 from the Province of Imperia underwent the test for the detection of fat mass.Results: Weight, height and BMI values obtained from the meas¬urements were analyzed in the light of tables of percentiles pro¬posed by Cole et al, widely used internationally, useful to focus the risk among children to become underweight, normal weight, overweight and obese as adults. The percentages of fat mass with¬in the investigated population were analyzed through the use of an impedancemeter.Conclusions: Within the analyzed sample, the data show that 67% of the girls are normal weight, a situation that will presumably persist into adulthood, while the overall risk to become over¬weight or obese reaches 32%. With regard to the boys, 57% of the children belonging to the sample is normal weight, while 42% of the pupils appears to be at risk of becoming overweight or obese as adults.
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