title: [The tobacco smoking and basic coefficients of nutritional status of youth in secondary schools].
abstract: The aim of the study was the assessment of cigarette smoking by youth from secondary schools. The study was conducted among 700 pupils of secondary schools from Poznań in the year 2004 and it was based on questionaire survey regarding frequency and the period of smoking, as well as the basic anthropometric measurements including body mass and height. The study revealed notable proportion of girls with underweight, however the boys were mostly overweight. Smoking habits concerned often girls than boys. However higher proportion of boys started earlier smoking comparing to girls. Both girls and boys have smoked cigarettes not earlier than during last five years. It was proved that most pupils were not pharmacologically addicted to nicotine. Notable number of smokers tended to quit smoking.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Zakład Bromatologii, Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu. gduda@ump.edu.pl
authors.forename: Grazyna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Duda
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wichura
authors.forename: Karolina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tabat
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000886:Anthropometry; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012574:Schools / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*