Determination of Nutrition and Physical Activity Status of Early Adolescents in Secondary Schools in Anatolian Side of Istanbul.

This study was conducted to determine the nutritional and physical activity statuses of adolescents and to examine the relationship between their nutritional and physical activity levels and anthropometric measurements. The sample of this study was composed of 2.000 students from 20 secondary schools in Istanbul, Turkey. The physical activity levels were also examined using the survey, food consumption levels were determined by applying the 24-h Dietary Recall. The height and weight were measured and evaluated by World Health Organization (WHO) growth references. Among the male students (n = 888), 50.9% were normal weighted, 25.8% were overweight, 19.2% were obese, and 2.2% were severely obese. The percentage of those who were normal weight was higher (65.5%) among the female adolescents (n = 852), and 21.8% of the females were overweight, 10.2% were obese, and 0.9% were severely obese. The differences in terms of intake values of all food items were found to be statistically significant (p < .05). There was no statistically significant difference in the food consumption of male and female adolescents in terms of the level of intake of macronutrients. Children and adolescents need to be provided an adequate, balanced nutrition and physical activity to help them grow and develop healthily.

Caracterización nutricional del síndrome anorexia-caquexia en el paciente oncológico pediátrico / Nutritional characterization of anorexia-cachexia in pediatric oncologic patient

Introducción: el síndrome anorexia-caquexia se puede observar en el 80 por ciento de los pacientes con cáncer avanzado y es un factor de riesgo de mortalidad muy importante. Objetivo: caracterizar, a través de la expresión de algunos indicadores del estado nutricional, el síndrome anorexia-caquexia en una cohorte de niños afectados con enfermedad oncológica por este síndrome. Métodos: se realizó un estudio analítico prospectivo que incluyó 42 niños con diagnóstico de síndrome anorexia-caquexia evaluados por el Grupo de Apoyo Nutricional conjuntamente con el Servicio de Onco-hematología del Hospital Pediátrico Docente Juan Manuel Márquez, en la etapa comprendida entre 2000-2009. A todos los pacientes se les realizo en la primera consulta, una vez establecido el diagnóstico, un perfil antropométrico y un estudio metabólico mínimo (realizado 24 h posteriores a esta). A su vez se entrenó a la madre en el llenado de la encuesta por recordatorio de 3 días que coleccionó la información acerca de la calidad y cantidad de la alimentación en la semana siguiente a la primera consulta. Se aplicó un formulario realizado por el Grupo de Apoyo Nutricional para conocer algunas de las características relacionadas con los hábitos y conducta alimentarios. Resultados: tanto en los niños con enfermedades linfoproliferativas como los que padecen de tumores sólidos, se aprecia un deterioro nutricional considerable al momento de hacerse el diagnóstico. Existieron diferencias significativas en relación con los indicadores por ciento de pérdida de peso y velocidad de ganancia de peso, y solamente la albúmina, entre los indicadores metabólicos estudiados, resultó tener diferencia significativa. Los niños con tumores sólidos ingieren menos calorías que aquellos afectados por enfermedades linfoproliferativas, sin existir diferencias significativas en relación con las proteínas ingeridas. Conclusiones: existen ....

Introduction: the anorexia-cachexia syndrome may be present in the 80 percent of patients diagnosed with advanced cancer and it is a very important mortality risk factor. Objective: to characterize according to some indicators of the nutritional status, the anorexia-cachexia syndrome in a group of children involved by this syndrome with oncologic disease. Methods: a prospective and analytical study was conducted including 42 children diagnosed with anorexia-cachexia syndrome by the Nutritional Support Group together with the Oncology-Hematology of the Juan Manuel Márquez Reaching Children Hospital from 2000 to 2009. All the patients in the first consultation underwent after made the diagnosis, a anthropometric profile and a minimal metabolic study (conducted 24 hours after it). At the same time the mother was trained in the fill in of survey by reminder of three days to collect information on the quality and quantity of feeding at week after the first consultation. The form designed by the Nutritional Support Group was applied to know some of the features related to habits and food behavior. Results: in children presenting with lymphoproliferative diseases and in those with solid tumors, there is a considerable nutritional deterioration at moment of diagnosis. There were significant differences in relation to indicators of weight loss percentage and velocity of gain weight, and only the albumin -among study metabolic indicators- had a significant difference. Children presenting with solid tumors ingest less calories than those involved by lymphoproliferative diseases and no significant difference in relation to proteins ingested. Conclusions: there are differences in nutritional characteristics of anorexia-cachexia syndrome according to the type of oncologic disease present in child

Caracterización nutricional del síndrome anorexia-caquexia en el paciente oncológico pediátrico / Nutritional characterization of anorexia-cachexia in pediatric oncologic patient

Introducción: el síndrome anorexia-caquexia se puede observar en el 80 por ciento de los pacientes con cáncer avanzado y es un factor de riesgo de mortalidad muy importante. Objetivo: caracterizar, a través de la expresión de algunos indicadores del estado nutricional, el síndrome anorexia-caquexia en una cohorte de niños afectados con enfermedad oncológica por este síndrome. Métodos: se realizó un estudio analítico prospectivo que incluyó 42 niños con diagnóstico de síndrome anorexia-caquexia evaluados por el Grupo de Apoyo Nutricional conjuntamente con el Servicio de Onco-hematología del Hospital Pediátrico Docente Juan Manuel Márquez, en la etapa comprendida entre 2000-2009. A todos los pacientes se les realizo en la primera consulta, una vez establecido el diagnóstico, un perfil antropométrico y un estudio metabólico mínimo (realizado 24 h posteriores a esta). A su vez se entrenó a la madre en el llenado de la encuesta por recordatorio de 3 días que coleccionó la información acerca de la calidad y cantidad de la alimentación en la semana siguiente a la primera consulta. Se aplicó un formulario realizado por el Grupo de Apoyo Nutricional para conocer algunas de las características relacionadas con los hábitos y conducta alimentarios. Resultados: tanto en los niños con enfermedades linfoproliferativas como los que padecen de tumores sólidos, se aprecia un deterioro nutricional considerable al momento de hacerse el diagnóstico. Existieron diferencias significativas en relación con los indicadores por ciento de pérdida de peso y velocidad de ganancia de peso, y solamente la albúmina, entre los indicadores metabólicos estudiados, resultó tener diferencia significativa. Los niños con tumores sólidos ingieren menos calorías que aquellos afectados por enfermedades linfoproliferativas, sin existir diferencias significativas en relación con las proteínas ingeridas. Conclusiones: existen ....(AU)

Introduction: the anorexia-cachexia syndrome may be present in the 80 percent of patients diagnosed with advanced cancer and it is a very important mortality risk factor. Objective: to characterize according to some indicators of the nutritional status, the anorexia-cachexia syndrome in a group of children involved by this syndrome with oncologic disease. Methods: a prospective and analytical study was conducted including 42 children diagnosed with anorexia-cachexia syndrome by the Nutritional Support Group together with the Oncology-Hematology of the Juan Manuel Márquez Reaching Children Hospital from 2000 to 2009. All the patients in the first consultation underwent after made the diagnosis, a anthropometric profile and a minimal metabolic study (conducted 24 hours after it). At the same time the mother was trained in the fill in of survey by reminder of three days to collect information on the quality and quantity of feeding at week after the first consultation. The form designed by the Nutritional Support Group was applied to know some of the features related to habits and food behavior. Results: in children presenting with lymphoproliferative diseases and in those with solid tumors, there is a considerable nutritional deterioration at moment of diagnosis. There were significant differences in relation to indicators of weight loss percentage and velocity of gain weight, and only the albumin -among study metabolic indicators- had a significant difference. Children presenting with solid tumors ingest less calories than those involved by lymphoproliferative diseases and no significant difference in relation to proteins ingested. Conclusions: there are differences in nutritional characteristics of anorexia-cachexia syndrome according to the type of oncologic disease present in child(AU)

Evaluation of nutritional status in Turkish adolescents as related to gender and socioeconomic status.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the nutritional status of Turkish high school adolescents using anthropometric indicators and to determine the relationship of nutritional status with gender and socioeconomic status (SES) in adolescents. METHODS: Six hundred eighty adolescent students (n=284 males, 396 females) aged 14-18 years were selected from 6 high schools of different regions. Nutritional status was evaluated according to the anthropometric indicators, which were based on the WHO criteria. Adolescents were grouped into three SES categories. RESULTS: The rates of being stunted, underweight, and overweight/obesity were 4.4%, 5.0% and 16.8%, respectively. Height and weight standard deviation scores (SDS) were significantly lower in adolescents with low SES (p<0.05). The frequency of stunting was significantly higher in adolescents with low SES (p=0.012). Frequency of underweight, overweight and obesity did not differ significantly between socioeconomic groups and genders (p>0.05). CONCLUSION: Adolescents of low SES were shorter and thinner than those of other SES categories. Undernutrition needs to be addressed in low SES. Among all Turkish adolescents, the major nutritional problems were overweight and obesity. There were no SES and gender differences in prevalence of overweight and obesity among the Turkish school adolescents living in urban areas. Prevalence of obesity is rising, regardless of differences in SES and gender, in developing countries too.