Overweight and obesity in Slovak high school students and body composition indicators: a non-randomized cross-sectional study

Authors

VADAŠOVÁ Bibiana ČECH Pavol SMERECKÁ Viera JUNGER Ján ZVONAŘ Martin RUŽBARSKÝ Pavel

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source BMC Public Health
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Sports Studies

Citation VADAŠOVÁ, Bibiana, Pavol ČECH, Viera SMERECKÁ, Ján JUNGER, Martin ZVONAŘ and Pavel RUŽBARSKÝ. Overweight and obesity in Slovak high school students and body composition indicators: a non-randomized cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. LONDON: BioMed Central, 2016, vol. 16, 16(1), p. 1-11. ISSN 1471-2458. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3508-9.
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3508-9
Field Sport and leisure time activities
Keywords Bioimpedance; Classification of body mass index; Body composition; Metabolic disease
Description BACKGROUND: Physical development can be considered as an indicator of the overall health status of the youth population. Currently, it appears that the increasing trend of the prevalence of obesity among children and youths has stopped in a number of countries worldwide. Studies point to the fact that adolescence is a critical period for the development of obesity. Body mass index (BMI) seems to be an orientation parameter in the assessment of prevalence of obesity which is not sufficient for more accurate identification of at risk individuals. The purpose of this study was to evaluate association between BMI percentile zones as health-risk for being overweight and obese and body composition indicators in high-school students from the Prešov (Slovakia) region. CONCLUSION: The characteristics of body composition are very useful determinants of health and nutrition status. Our data revealed a direct association between BMI value and chosen body composition indicators. The most accurate indicator of overweight and obesity in our study appears to be waist circumference for both male and female population.

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