La circunferencia del cuello y su relación con el sobrepeso en infantes; Neck circumference and its relation to overweight in infants

In: Revista de sanidad militar: organo oficial de la Dirección General de Sanidad Militar, Volume 71, Issue 3, p. 248-257

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Overweight and obesity
in children are typically diagnosed using the body mass
index (BMI), where the alarming figures are continuously
work to resolve. OBJECTIVE: Determine the increase in neck
circumference and its association with increased body mass
index school from six to 12 years in Tabasco, Mexico.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: An observational, analytical,
transversal and prospective implementing neck circumference
for nutritional assessment in a population of primary
school Francisco Gálvez Gálvez in Macuspana, Tabasco,
Mexico in October 2015, through a non probabilistic
convenience sampling was performed. both sexes, with
Mexican nationality, which will have included approval of
the tutor. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 23®
program, using the Student t test, accepting an association
of variables with p?0.05. RESULTS: They measure 248
schools, 128 were male (52%) and 120 female (48%) were
performed. The circumference of the neck overweight group
was 30.9 ± 2.82 cm of finding significant increase in this
population compared with suitable 27.63 ± 2.33 weight cm (p
= 0.000). CONCLUSIONS: Overweight in school tend to show
increased neck circumference compared to those with normal
weight.