Perfil antropométrico de estudantes universitários: uma revisão narrativa
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2019-12-02
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Universidade Catolica de Salvador
Abstract
Obesity and overweight increase significantly worldwide, especially in
developing countries, contributing to serious losses in the lives of individuals increasing the
possibility of chronic noncommunicable diseases. Objective: This paper aims to investigate
what the literature brings about the characterization of the anthropometric profile of university
students. Methodology: A bibliographic review was carried out in the databases of the portal
of journals of the Higher Education Personnel Improvement Coordination, taking as inclusion
criteria original articles published from 2008, which have evaluated the anthropometric profile
of university students. The exclusion criteria were articles that were related to the
anthropometric profile of students in kindergarten, elementary school, high school and review
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articles. Results: overweight / obesity was addressed among undergraduate health students
from Brazil, as well as socioeconomic relationship with overweight / obesity, and students who
had eating disorders related to overweight / obesity. Conclusion: Given the data found in the
literature, it can be said that the prevalence of overweight and obesity is of great relevance to
this public, being important the nutritional assessment to characterize the anthropometric
profile of college students.
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Acadêmicos, Sobrepeso, Obesidade, Academics, Overweight, Obesity