Three indicators for overweight and obesity: BMI, CC and P/CC-index in children and adolescents: Pilot study

Abstract

Is a review of indicators to measure obesity in children and adolescents, such as the index of body mass (BMI), waist circumference (CC) and index weight - waist circumference (P/CC), and compare the results. Sample: of 304 children between 6 and 18years of age, 128 of Caracas, 139 of Mérida and 37 of Valencia, of fourth educational institutions, Objective: to compare three indicators that measure overweight and obesity. Method: it is a descriptive, transversal study correlational; applied descriptive measures of association and correlation, the variables age, weight, height, waist circumference (WC), hip (C DAC) circumference, measured and calculated indicators: body mass mass index (BMI), waist to hip rate (ICC) and index Peso-circumference waist (P/CC). Results: According to CDC for BMI, 9.87% at risk of overweight, and 5.26% overweight; average of 65 CC, 92±7, 78cm, and percentile increases with age; average P/DC 0, 67±0, 11, higher in males and evidence sexual dimorphism from the age of 15. (R>0.70) correlations were obtained between weight-ccin.; weight c cad. BMI-weight; P/CC-age, height, weight and c cad. Conclusions: BMI remains a good indicator to assess overweight and obesity, DC complements the evaluation, but there is still no matching criteria for reference values; index P/CC, can be useful, since it discriminates by gender and correlated with age, weight, height, BMI, C hip.