Abstract

ABRACHE, Youssef  and  SOSA, Ingrid. Change in nutritional status in caregivers of children and teenagers with obesity during dietary treatment. An Venez Nutr [online]. 2015, vol.28, n.1, pp.004-010. ISSN 0798-0752.

The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the change in the nutritional status of caregivers for children and teenagers with obesity during a dietary treatment given to these patients at CANIA (Centro de Atención Nutricional Infantil Antímano) within the period 2005-2011. The anthropometric data of both caregivers and children, and teenagers (n = 145; ages= 2 to 16 years) was collected from their histories, building the indicators: body mass index (BMI) in adults and relative weight in children. 39.3 % of the caregivers were found to be overweight and 44.2 % were obese at baseline, 40.0 % of which maintained the overweight in their last recorded control and 41.4 % remained obese. The McNemar’s - Bowker test to value the qualitative change of the nutritional status in adults showed a p-value= 0.363. Additionally, the p-value of the Student’s t-test on related mean BMI was 0.002. Both tests were calculated at a significance level of α = 0.05. According to the relative weight, most children and teenagers at base line were classified with moderate and severe obesity (64.1 % and 26.9 % respectively), in the last control the most common diagnosis in this group were moderate and mild obesity (39.3 % and 26.2 % respectively). The nutritional status of caregivers showed no significant change during the time of the studied treatment; however, the mean BMI of caregivers resulted significantly lower. This study suggests the utility of including recorded anthropometric data of caregivers to monitor the nutritional status of the family group.

Keywords : Obesity; adults; caregivers; nutritional status; child; teenager.

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