title: Anthropometric and biochemical parameters in adolescents and their relationship with eating habits and household food availability.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the per capita availability of energy and macronutrients in the home and frequency of food consumption by adolescents and to relate them with anthropometric and biochemical variables, as well as verify if the eating habits of parents are associated to the children.
  
  
  METHODS
  We evaluated the weight, height, body fat (%BF), glucose, insulin, triglycerides, total cholesterol (TC) and fractions of 120 adolescents. We evaluated also the eating habits of adolescents and their parents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Adolescents with more than 35% of available lipids had 9.1-fold higher chances of presenting alterations in TC. Those who replaced the main meals for snacks had 3.66, 4.66 and 2.82 higher chances of presenting alterationsin %BF, insulin and triglycerides, respectively. The daily consumption of fruit was considered as a protective factor in relation to hyperinsulinemia. There was a similar feeding behavior among adolescents and their mothers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results suggest the importance of specific attention to adolescent health, focused on family education.
authors.affiliation: Mestre em Ciência da Nutrição pelo Departamento de Nutrição e Saúde da UFV, Viçosa-MG, Brasil. otavianac@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Otaviana
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Cardoso Chaves
authors.forename: Sylvia do Carmo Castro
authors.initials: Sdo C
authors.lastname: Franceschini
authors.forename: Sônia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Machado Rocha Ribeiro
authors.forename: Luciana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferreira Rocha Sant Ana
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Garçon de Faria
authors.forename: Silvia Eloiza
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Priore
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017195:Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D001823:Body Composition; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D004032:Diet; D004034:Diet Surveys; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000494:pharmacology; D002149:Energy Intake; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers; D009752:Nutritional Status
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D008055:Lipids