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Study regarding the correlation between the neck circumference, some obesity indices and overweight – metabolic syndrome risk in a group of young athletes
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Authors
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Lavinia Gligor
- "Vasile Goldis" Western University, Faculty of General Medicine, Pharmacy and Dental Medicine, Pharmacology Department, ARAD, Romania
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Serban Gligor
- West University, Physical Education and Sport Faculty, Kinesytherapy Department, TIMISOARA, Romania
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Sorin Gradinaru
- West University, Physical Education and Sport Faculty, TIMISOARA, Romania
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Tiberiu Puta
- West University, Physical Education and Sport Faculty, TIMISOARA, Romania
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Razvan Gligor
- "Vasile Goldis" Western University, Faculty of General Medicine, Pharmacy and Dental Medicine, Pharmacology Department, ARAD, Romania
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Simona Dorin
- Family Medicine Praxis, TIMISOARA, Romania
| Published: | October 24, 2011 |
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Objective: The paper objectives are to revealed the overweight and metabolic syndrome risk, on a group of young students, members of two university’s teams, and also to revealed the correlation between neck circumference, some obesity indices and the results of four nutrition questionnaires.
Material/Methods: The study was conducted on a group of 29 athletes of both genders, with a mean age ± SD of 23.58±5.22 (aged between 19 to 39 years), members of two university's teams: men's volleyball team (41.38%) and women’s handball team (58.62%). The following parameters were determined: neck circumference, waist circumference, fat percentage and body mass index (BMI). Also, eating habits were assessed based on the four nutrition questionnaires results.
Results: A total of 12 students (41.37%) had values of neck circumference above the normal limit, of which 17.24% have an increased risk of overweight (all of them males) and 24.14% have an increased risk of developing metabolic syndrome (20.69% male and 3.45% female). Using Pearson correlation coefficient showed strong positive association between neck circumference, abdominal circumference and BMI respectively (r1=0.725 and r2=0.819) and a weak positive association between neck circumference and „Sodium/Salt Control Questionnaire” score, respectively between waist circumference and „Fat/Cholesterol Control Questionnaire” score (r3=0.301, r4=0.301). The association was absent between the two circumferences and the results of other nutrition questionnaires. Also, we obtained values of Pearson coefficient indicating a negative association between neck and waist circumference and the body fat percentage respectively (r5=–0.359 and r6=–0.108).
Conclusion: Most students had low scores on nutritional questionnaires: 68.96% of them had an unbalanced diet and 58.62% had a rich in fat (cholesterol) diet; almost half of them having an increased risk of metabolic syndrome and overweight. Neck circumference was positively correlated with BMI and negatively with body fat percentage, being absent in the case of nutrition questionnaires results.
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