Status of nutrition and cardiovascular system in children from the south Moravian region of the Czech Republic: a pilot study

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LINHARTOVÁ Kateřina BUDINSKAYA Ksenia SVAČINOVÁ Jana SVÍZELA Vojtěch PROKEŠ M. PROKEŠOVÁ-KOSOVÁ M. NOVÁK Jan NOVÁKOVÁ Zuzana

Year of publication 2019
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Physiological research
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Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Web http://dx.doi.org/10.33549/physiolres.934355
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.33549/physiolres.934355
Keywords Childhood obesity; Body mass index; Cardiovascular system; Cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI); Baroreflex Sensitivity
Description Nutritional status, its assessment and its influence on numerous diseases is currently still being discussed. The aim of this study was to determine the current state of nutrition by various research methods in school children. Also, to verify the accuracy of body mass index (BMI) determination in school environment and to compare the nutritional status in two different types of school. We used a quantitative questionnaire method in 64 children from schools in the South Moravian Region. We have verified the weight and height measurement in the same group by sophisticated instruments. We have determined the basic parameters of the cardiovascular system (non-invasive continuously blood pressure recording; mutual spectral analysis for estimation of baroreflex sensitivity; applanation tonometry and cardiac polygraphy for arterial stiffness evaluation). The indicative questionnaire method encountered a problem with the weight of almost 40 % of the population approached - both obesity (14.3 %) and malnutrition (25.2 %). Cardiovascular parameters were in physiological range for the given age categories. We found increased values in BMI, % of body fat and heart rate in children from countryside type of school, respectively. We concluded that obesity/malnutrition are both common phenomena in the children population in the Czech Republic.
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