Estudio antropológico sobre la distribución de la grasa subcutánea en niños y jóvenes obesos

Investigación Bioantropológica en la población de Bizkaia

Rosique, Javier
; Rebato, Esther
; Salces, Itziar
; San Martín, Leire
; Vinagre, Arantza

Publication year:
1998
Publication place:
Donostia-San Sebastián
ISSN:
1137-439X

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Summary

From a cross-sectional sample of 3889 Biscayan students aged from 4 to 24 years, subcutaneous fat distribution patterns of both, normal and obese, were obtained. In spite that obesity has a rather low frequency (10.2% in boys and 9.4% in girls), its association with high levels of central fat, in both sexes, is much higher than founded in non obese at any age. Surveillance in the calculation of obesity frequency from infant and young Basque population and the study of its anthropological constraints are a valuable task for any health education program in the community.
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