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Anthropometric parameters of personnel who attend the nutrition clinic at Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico City)
Author(s) -
Fernández Aracceli Suverza,
Haua Karime,
Villegas Christianne,
LozaHirasaka Kaori,
Bilbao Gladys,
PérezLizaur Ana Bertha
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.24.1_supplement.936.10
Subject(s) - overweight , waist , anthropometry , medicine , obesity , circumference , gerontology , population , body fat percentage , demography , physical therapy , environmental health , geometry , mathematics , sociology
The Nutrition Clinic at the Universidad Iberoamericana offers its services to the members of the university community who request it. The aim of this project was to describe the baseline anthropometric characteristics of 1238 patients that attended the clinic during the last 8 years. The media age was 31.7 ±14–71 years, 73.3% were women. BMI pattern was significantly different by sex: 5% of the women were undernourished, 45% overweight or obese, while 65% of males had a BMI above 25. There was an effect of instruction, 85% of the subjects with basic education (6 to 9 years) were overweight or obese, while only 15% had a normal BMI; the waist circumference average was 100.2 cm and had 37.6% of body fat. In contrast (p<0.000), subjects with 16 to 20 years of instruction, were thinner, 2% under‐nourished and 52.4% overweight or obese, with an average waist circumference of 91.9 cm and body fat percentage of 29.8. Considering working activity, there was a significant difference in overweight or obesity among academics, administrative workers, students and maintenance personnel (59.0%, 68.9%, 33.6% and 82.8%, respectively; p<0.000). 55.5% of the population did not exercise (men 35.1%). This work shows the necessity of developing a special project aimed to achieve a better lifestyle of the college community by improving their nutritional status and, according to their different educational level.