Estudio comparativo del estado nutricional de dos muestras de jóvenes adultos
- Rebato Ochoa, Esther
- Rocandio Pablo, Ana María
- Martínez San Román, María
- Arroyo Izaga, Marta
- Ansotegui Alday, Laura
- Salces Beti, María Iciar
- Muñoz Cachón, María Jesús
ISSN: 1578-2603
Year of publication: 2005
Volume: 10
Pages: 19-27
Type: Article
More publications in: Antropo
Abstract
The current nutritional status of two samples of both sexes young adults, aged 18 to 29 years and of two different socio-economic status (mean class or SES1 and low class or SES2) living in the Basque Country is compared. One of the samples is composed by 546 university students (159 males and 387 females) of the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU), and the second sample consists in 86 subjects (23 males and 63 females) who participated as users of different social assistance programs of Caritas Diocesana de Bilbao (CDB). The nutritional information provided by the body composition study of each subject through anthropometry and through bioelectric impedance analysis (BIA) was used. At the anthropometric level, the higher body height of the SES1 samples is noted as well as their greater homogeneity regarding direct measurements. The comparison did not reveal great differences in body composition, except a greater fat percentage in university males. This points out that the sample considered as low socioeconomic level is beginning to recover helped by the sanitary and social attention perceived, which has undoubtedly improved the nutritional indicators.