[Comparison of nutrition status of middle school children from Bialystok and its vicinity].
Nutrition state of gymnasium pupils living in the country and towns was evaluated. The study included 294 schoolchildren, boys and girls, drawn by lot from two public middle schools. The current body height and mass were assessed with regard to centile chart age norms. Relative body mass index (BMI) was calculated. School children with overweight and underweight were selected. The results were subjected to statistical analysis using t-Student test. Nutrition state indices of girls living in town show lover body mass and greater height compared to their peers from the country. The percentage of overweight boys living in town is high (25%); young people of both sexes living in the country show overweight in approximately 17%. About 13% of school children living in town and 7% from the country are underweight. The results indicate that in the group of school children involved in the study early prevention against obesity and chronic underweight should be employed.
Smorczewska-Czupryńska
Barbara
B
Zakładu Higieny i Epidemiologii Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku. higiena@amb.ac.bialystok.pl
Ustymowicz-Farbiszewska
Jolanta
J
Karczewski
Jan K
JK
Lach
Joanna
J
D000293:Adolescent; D017195:Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013851:Thinness / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*