Abstract

DE PIERO, Alexia Juliana; RODRIGUEZ-RODRIGUEZ, Elena; GONZALEZ-RODRIGUEZ, Liliana Guadalupe  and  LOPEZ-SOBALER, Ana María. Metodología para determinar el riesgo de síndrome metabólico en escolares: Method to determine the risk of metabolic syndrome among schoolchildren. Diaeta [online]. 2014, vol.32, n.146, pp.14-19. ISSN 1852-7337.

The increase in chidhood obesity has been associated with insulin resistance (IR) and individual risk factors for cardiovascular disease. The objective of this work was to assess the risk of metabolic syndrome in a group of Spanish schoolchildren according to different diagnostic criteria. 505 schoolchildren (8-13 of age) from different Spanish locations were included in the study, and different methods were used to collect data. What was evaluated was the risk of having metabolic syndrome (MS) according to different diagnostic criteria. The results showed a high percentage of overweight (15,9%) and obesity (17,3%). A 6,7% of schoolchildren may suffer the risk of MS according to the Cook criterion applied in this study. It is recommended to use the diagnostic criteria of Cook to assess the risk of MS because it is applicable to different population groups, it includes children under 10 and it is simpler than other methods.

Keywords : Obesity; Schoolchildren; Metabolic Syndrome.

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