The prevalence of excess weight between adolescents of private schools from Fortaleza: preliminary data
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Resumo: | Nowadays overweight is a condition that prepares adolescents to several chronical diseases in the future. Thus, the objective was to fi nd out overweight and obesity cases in private schools’ adolescents from Fortaleza. 307 students between 12 and 17 years of age were investigated in the months of March and June of 2007, by means of a form application in which socio-demographic features, weight, height, Body Mass Rate (BMR) were recorded. Results highlighted that 41,4% of adolescents were between 14-15 years old, 52,1% attended highschool, 55,4% belonged to the female gender and 23,2% had an above normal BMR. Out of these, 19,9% were overweight, 3,3% were obese, 12,9% belonged to the male gender and 11% were between 12-13 years old. In this context, the nurse should implement intervention and prevention actions such as education in health and early detection of overweight cases. |
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The prevalence of excess weight between adolescents of private schools from Fortaleza: preliminary dataOverweightObesityAdolescent healthPrevalence.Nowadays overweight is a condition that prepares adolescents to several chronical diseases in the future. Thus, the objective was to fi nd out overweight and obesity cases in private schools’ adolescents from Fortaleza. 307 students between 12 and 17 years of age were investigated in the months of March and June of 2007, by means of a form application in which socio-demographic features, weight, height, Body Mass Rate (BMR) were recorded. Results highlighted that 41,4% of adolescents were between 14-15 years old, 52,1% attended highschool, 55,4% belonged to the female gender and 23,2% had an above normal BMR. Out of these, 19,9% were overweight, 3,3% were obese, 12,9% belonged to the male gender and 11% were between 12-13 years old. In this context, the nurse should implement intervention and prevention actions such as education in health and early detection of overweight cases.Universidade Federal do Ceará2008-08-10info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/5227Rev Rene; Vol 9 No 4 (2008)Rev Rene; v. 9 n. 4 (2008)2175-67831517-3852reponame:Rev Rene (Online)instname:Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)instacron:UFCCopyright (c) 2016 Northeast Network Nursing Journalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAraújo, Márcio Flávio Moura deVasconcelos, Hérica Cristina Alves deDamasceno, Marta Maria CoelhoAlmeida, Lívia Silva deSilva, Polyana Carina Viana daFreitas, Robeto Wagner Júnior Freire deeng2019-02-26T19:28:35Zoai:periodicos.ufc:article/5227Revistahttp://periodicos.ufc.br/renePUBhttp://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/oairene@ufc.br||2175-67831517-3852opendoar:2019-02-26T19:28:35Rev Rene (Online) - Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)false |
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The prevalence of excess weight between adolescents of private schools from Fortaleza: preliminary data |
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The prevalence of excess weight between adolescents of private schools from Fortaleza: preliminary data |
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The prevalence of excess weight between adolescents of private schools from Fortaleza: preliminary data Araújo, Márcio Flávio Moura de Overweight Obesity Adolescent health Prevalence. |
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The prevalence of excess weight between adolescents of private schools from Fortaleza: preliminary data |
title_full |
The prevalence of excess weight between adolescents of private schools from Fortaleza: preliminary data |
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The prevalence of excess weight between adolescents of private schools from Fortaleza: preliminary data |
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The prevalence of excess weight between adolescents of private schools from Fortaleza: preliminary data |
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The prevalence of excess weight between adolescents of private schools from Fortaleza: preliminary data |
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Araújo, Márcio Flávio Moura de |
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Araújo, Márcio Flávio Moura de Vasconcelos, Hérica Cristina Alves de Damasceno, Marta Maria Coelho Almeida, Lívia Silva de Silva, Polyana Carina Viana da Freitas, Robeto Wagner Júnior Freire de |
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author |
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Vasconcelos, Hérica Cristina Alves de Damasceno, Marta Maria Coelho Almeida, Lívia Silva de Silva, Polyana Carina Viana da Freitas, Robeto Wagner Júnior Freire de |
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Araújo, Márcio Flávio Moura de Vasconcelos, Hérica Cristina Alves de Damasceno, Marta Maria Coelho Almeida, Lívia Silva de Silva, Polyana Carina Viana da Freitas, Robeto Wagner Júnior Freire de |
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Overweight Obesity Adolescent health Prevalence. |
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Overweight Obesity Adolescent health Prevalence. |
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Nowadays overweight is a condition that prepares adolescents to several chronical diseases in the future. Thus, the objective was to fi nd out overweight and obesity cases in private schools’ adolescents from Fortaleza. 307 students between 12 and 17 years of age were investigated in the months of March and June of 2007, by means of a form application in which socio-demographic features, weight, height, Body Mass Rate (BMR) were recorded. Results highlighted that 41,4% of adolescents were between 14-15 years old, 52,1% attended highschool, 55,4% belonged to the female gender and 23,2% had an above normal BMR. Out of these, 19,9% were overweight, 3,3% were obese, 12,9% belonged to the male gender and 11% were between 12-13 years old. In this context, the nurse should implement intervention and prevention actions such as education in health and early detection of overweight cases. |
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2008 |
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2008-08-10 |
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Copyright (c) 2016 Northeast Network Nursing Journal info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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Copyright (c) 2016 Northeast Network Nursing Journal |
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Universidade Federal do Ceará |
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Universidade Federal do Ceará |
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