[Body composition, nutritional habits and functional abilities in a sample of eight year old children].
Aim of this study is the evaluation of body composition (proxy of nutritional status) and its correlation with functional abilities in a sample of 8-year-old children living in a florentine municipality. We have collected, for each subject, anthropometric variables (weight, height) and carried out bioelectrical impedance test and a group of physical tests to measure strength and physical ability. The results of vectorial interpretation of BIA, together with the analysis of the so called fitness tests, show a comprehensive good body composition and a very low prevalence of obesity for both genders. This fact is confirmed also by data about living and nutrition habits: scarce use of PC and TV (less than two hours a day) and, on the other hand, enough time spent to play in open spaces and to make sport.
Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Firenze.
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Baggiani
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Olimpi
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Santomauro
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Comodo
D001823:Body Composition; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D017097:Electric Impedance; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D053580:Muscle Strength