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Assessment of Child Anthropometry in a Large Epidemiologic Study
Published on: February 2, 2017
Resumen
Este estudio critica los métodos para determinar el peso corporal ideal, encontrándolos defectuosos. Se recomienda centrarse en los resultados de salud para las personas muy delgadas y muy obesas en lugar de los conceptos de peso ideal.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Salud Pública La salud pública.
- Epidemiología La epidemiología.
- La bioestadística es la bioestadística.
Sus antecedentes:
- Los estudios establecidos de altura y peso, incluido el estudio Framingham y la investigación de la Sociedad Americana del Cáncer, han utilizado metodologías específicas para definir el peso corporal ideal.
- Investigaciones anteriores han establecido correlaciones entre el peso y varios resultados de salud, lo que influye en las pautas de salud pública.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Evaluar críticamente las metodologías utilizadas para determinar el peso corporal ideal en estudios epidemiológicos significativos.
- Evaluar la validez de las nuevas tablas de peso-altura derivadas de estudios poblacionales recientes.
Principales métodos:
- Revisión y crítica de las metodologías de procedimiento en los estudios Build y Blood Pressure de 1959 y 1979.
- Análisis de los métodos utilizados en el estudio de Framingham (Mass) y el estudio de mortalidad por peso de la Sociedad Americana del Cáncer.
- Examen de la base de las tablas de altura y peso del estudio Build and Blood Pressure de 1979.
Principales resultados:
- Objetivas significativas planteadas contra los procedimientos utilizados para establecer pesos ideales en múltiples estudios clave.
- Críticas dirigidas a las tablas de altura-peso recientemente desarrolladas basadas en los datos del estudio Build and Blood Pressure de 1979.
Conclusiones:
- El concepto de un solo "peso ideal" se considera problemático y debe abandonarse.
- La investigación futura debe priorizar la comprensión de las experiencias de morbilidad y mortalidad de los valores atípicos de peso (individuos con bajo peso y obesos).
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