[Anthropometric assessment of the nutritional status of the adolescent population of Cádiz (Spain)].
OBJECTIVE
The results of a series of anthropometrical values of nutritional nature, which were used to determine corporal composition, are presented.


METHODS
The samples were taken from schools in the city of Cádiz. A total of 945 young people between the ages of 10 and 17 years were used. In each case, tricipital skinfold thickness, Quetelet's index, brachial fat area and brachial adipose muscular quotient were determined.


RESULTS
A comparison of the values we obtain with those of national studies showed our figures to be higher.


CONCLUSIONS
The figures given for our adolescent population are intended to serve as a reference point for use in nutritional studies in this geographical area.
Ruiz Jiménez
M A
MA
Escuela Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Cádiz.
Fernández García
J R
JR
Pavón Lebrero
R
R
D000293:Adolescent; D000886:Anthropometry; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D013030:Spain