TY - JOUR
T1 - Body Composition in Infants of Different Ethnicities Living at High Altitudes
T2 - A Systematic Review
AU - Valladares, Dayneri León
AU - Mateu, Luis Antonio Barrio
AU - Yáñez, Roberto Carlos Churqui
AU - Flores, Tomas Rolando Gómez
AU - Díaz, Diego Ignacio Toledo
AU - Hernández, Maikel Falcón
AU - Pérez, Alexis Mateu
AU - Reyes, Ricardo A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© SEM 2021.
PY - 2021/7/1
Y1 - 2021/7/1
N2 - The objective of this systematic review was: to identify the main results achieved by research evaluating body composition in children of different ethnicities living at high altitudes. A systematic review was carried out using the prism method, searching for information in databases such as PUDMED, SCOPUS, and SCIELO. The elements used for the search were: population, children, adolescents, obesity, overweight, ethnic groups, altitude and characteristics of body composition. Among the main results, it was found that 4345 (78.8%) boys and girls had normal weight, while 15.43 percent were overweight and obese. Concluding that, in indigenous populations with age groups from 0 to 14 years, there was a predominance of normal weight, observing high values of overweight and obesity in preschool ages.
AB - The objective of this systematic review was: to identify the main results achieved by research evaluating body composition in children of different ethnicities living at high altitudes. A systematic review was carried out using the prism method, searching for information in databases such as PUDMED, SCOPUS, and SCIELO. The elements used for the search were: population, children, adolescents, obesity, overweight, ethnic groups, altitude and characteristics of body composition. Among the main results, it was found that 4345 (78.8%) boys and girls had normal weight, while 15.43 percent were overweight and obese. Concluding that, in indigenous populations with age groups from 0 to 14 years, there was a predominance of normal weight, observing high values of overweight and obesity in preschool ages.
KW - Altitude
KW - Body Characteristics
KW - Ethnicity
KW - Kids
KW - Natives
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85122729566
U2 - 10.31901/24566772.2021/15.3-4.637
DO - 10.31901/24566772.2021/15.3-4.637
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85122729566
SN - 0973-5070
VL - 15
SP - 137
EP - 142
JO - Studies on Ethno-Medicine
JF - Studies on Ethno-Medicine
IS - 3-4
ER -
