Aims and objectives
In 1997,
the World Health Organization (WHO) formally recognized obesity as a global epidemic [1]; not limited to just one age group or country [2].
Childhood obesity,
the most common pediatric disease [3],
has also become a major public health problem in recent decades,
and the main risk factor for obesity in adulthood [3].
Between 1980 and 1994,
the proportion of children and adolescents considered obese increased by 100% in the United States of America (USA).
It is estimated that 15.3% of American children,
aged...
Methods and materials
This is a cross-sectional study.
It was evaluated 100 schoolchildren,
aged between 6 and 10 years of a public school in the city of São Paulo,
Brazil.
The research was approved by the Ethics and Research Committee of the Santo Amaro University,
whose number is 1,103,468 dated 06/11/2015 and CAAE: 44933915.3.0000.0081.
A Form of Assent was signed by the children and the Informed Consent Form,
by the parents and/or legal guardians.
Both terms have been read,
explained and signed by both parties.
An anthropometric assessment...
Results
The anthropometric diagnoses (BMI and WC) were correlated with the ultrasonographic measurements,
without gender separation,
with the children grouped.
The Table 1andTable 2refer to BMI and WC,
respectively.
In relation to the diagnoses by BMI,
the ultrasound measurements of SCCT,
minimum SCCT,
maximum SCCT,
maximum PPF,
IPFa,
IPFp and IPFo of schoolchildren with obesity were significantly higher than those of overweight and eutrophic patients (Table 1).
The obese patients diagnosed by the WC (Table 2) presented the same measurements that were significantly larger than the...
Conclusion
Some authors have studied and evaluated abdominal fat in different groups.
Radominski et al.
(2000):
- relationship between subcutaneous tissue thickness and thickness of intra-abdominal fat with obesity by BMI in adults [8].
Sakuno et al.
(2014):
- relationship between subcutaneous tissue thickness and intra-abdominal fat thickness with obesity by BMI in children [15].
Nakanishi et al.
(2007):
- evaluated adults with metabolic disease;
- concluded that visceral fat is more useful than waist circumference;
- Ultrasonography detects changes earlier [16].
Kawamoto et al.
(2007):...
Personal information
Contact details:
Dr.
Leonardo de Souza Piber;
Department of Ultrasonography/CDB Medicina Diagnóstica;
Physician-researcher in Nutritional Disorders and Associated Factors/Santo Amaro University;
São Paulo,
Brazil
E-mail:
[email protected]
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