%0 Journal Article
%T An芍lisis de datos antropom谷tricos de la poblaci車n menor de 18 aˋos de Medell赤n usando los est芍ndares de la Organizaci車n Mundial de la Salud y su adaptaci車n para Colombia propuesta por el Ministerio de la Protecci車n Social
%A 芍lvarez Castaˋo
%A Luz Stella
%A Estrada Restrepo
%A Alejandro
%A Goez Rueda
%A Juan Diego
%A Carreˋo Aguirre
%A Cristina
%J Perspectivas en Nutrici車n Humana
%D 2012
%I Universidad de Antioquia
%X objective: to compare the results of nutritional assessment of children and adolescents under 18 years of age using the who growth standards and the cut-off points proposed by the resolution 2121 of 2010 of the social security ministry of colombia. materials and methods: we evaluated the nutritional status by using the indicators height/age and body max index (bmi) in children and adolescents under 18 years of age and weigh/height in children under five belonging to 2719 rural and urban households in medellin. they were sampled in the study food and nutritional profile of medellin 2010 conducted by the municipal government. results: we found lower prevalence rates of adequate weight/height and bmi in children less than five years of age using the colombian standards as compared to the who standards. bmi for children over 5 years of age behaved similarly. the difference is explained for using different cut-off points and inclusion of new nutritional risk categories. conclusions: for population-based studies may not be required to introduce the categories of nutritional risk and to change the cut-off points for overweight and obesity set up by the who standards given that they are more rigorous than others parameters for evaluating these two nutritional conditions. related to individual follow-ups it is important to complement anthropometric measure evaluation with social aspects, family history, and rearing habits in children with bmi between 1 and 2 standard deviations.
%K anthropometry
%K nutrition assessment
%K nutritional status
%K growth
%K body weight
%K body mass index
%K world health organization
%K children
%K adolescent
%K colombia.
%U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0124-41082012000100004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en