Open AccessEstágio de maturação sexual e excesso de peso corporal em escolares do município de São José dos Campos, SP
Author(s) -
Bruno Natale Pasquarelli,
Virginia Oliveira Silva,
Elizabeth Maria Bismarck-Nasr,
Mathias Roberto Loch,
Inácio Bezerra Leão-Filho
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
revista brasileira de cineantropometria and desempenho humano
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.197
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1980-0037
pISSN - 1415-8426
DOI - 10.5007/1980-0037.2010v12n5p338
Subject(s) - overweight , waist , anthropometry , demography , body mass index , medicine , circumference , sexual maturity , obesity , gerontology , mathematics , geometry , sociology
The aim of this study was to analyze the anthropometric characteristics and overweight according to chronological age and sexual maturation of school children from São José dos Campos – SP. The sample consisted by 2.802 school children of 10 to 12 years old of both sexes, 1.522 boys. Variables measured were: height, weight, waist circumference, triceps and subscapular skinfolds thickness and the body mass index (BMI). We used the cutoff points of Cole et al.(2000) to classify the subjects according to sex and age. To determine the maturation stage was utilized the Tanner’s protocol in relation to pubic hair in both girls and boys. No differences was verified in overweight in accordance with maturation state. In boys the prevalence of overweight increased after P3 (P1: 22,4%; P2: 23,7%; P3: 27,8%) and decreased to P4 (22,7%). In girls, overweight increased after P2 (P1: 18%; P2: 22,2%) and decreased in other stages (P3: 21,7%; P4: 14,1%). In the present study, the results shown that sexual maturation process has an influence on the prevalence of overweight different in boys and girls, there were reported the same results in the literature