[Food intake in overweight and normal-weight adolescents in the city of Rio de Janeiro].
This article compares the food intake of overweight and normal-weight adolescents from 12 to 17.9 years of age (71.8% of the original sample). Data were obtained in a survey performed in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1995-1996. Food intake was assessed by a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire, and nutritional status was assessed by body mass index (BMI = weight/stature ). Adolescents classified as overweight reached the 90th percentile of the 1989 Brazilian BMI distribution. Food intake of overweight and non-overweight subjects was similar. Both groups showed below-minimum-recommended food-group intakes and higher intake of high-density food items. These nutritional habits are risk factors for obesity and chronic diseases later in life.
Andrade
Roseli G
RG
Instituto de Nutrição Josué de Castro, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-590, Brasil.
Pereira
Rosangela A
RA
Sichieri
Rosely
R
D000293:Adolescent; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D004034:Diet Surveys; D004435:Eating; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires