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Assessment of Child Anthropometry in a Large Epidemiologic Study
Published on: February 2, 2017
[Body composition, nutritional habits and functional abilities in a sample of eight year old children]
G Bonaccorsi1, L Baggiani, A Bassetti
1Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Firenze.
Abstract:
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.
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