1) Childbearing Age Women Characteristics in Latin America. Building Evidence Bases for Early Prevention. Results from the ELANS Study
The Latin American Study in Nutrition and Health/Estudio Latinoamericano de Nutrición y Salud (ELANS) is a household-based, multicentric cross-sectional survey aimed at describing the nutritional and anthropometric status of Latin American populations, with an assessment of food and nutrient intake and physical activity levels of representative samples from urban populations in eight countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela). The fieldwork for the ELANS study was conducted from 2014 to 2015 [18].
Promedio/Mediana más altas:
Brasil 161.55cm / 162cm
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Perú 154.79cm / 155cm
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/1/45#B18-nutrients-13-00045
In each country, the anthropometric measurements of body weight, height and waist, hip and neck circumferences were collected according to standardized procedures. The participants were measured after all heavy clothing, pocket items and shoes and socks are removed. Body weight was measured with a calibrated electronic scale up to 200 kg with an accuracy of 0.1 kg. Height was measured with a portable stadiometer up to 205 cm with an accuracy of 0.1 cm.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4736497/
2)
ESTIMATION OF FEMALE BODY FAT PERCENTAGE BASED ON BODY CIRCUMFERENCES
Introducción: El aumento de la prevalencia de obesidad implica la necesidad de métodos precisos y de bajo
costo para estimar el porcentaje de grasa corporal (GC%). Objetivo: El objetivo de este estudio fue desarrollar modelos
matemáticos para calcular el GC% de mujeres jóvenes del sur de Brasil, usando equipos de bajo costo, con base en
circunferencias corporales (CC), considerando la escasez de estudios específicos de esa población. Métodos: Fueron
evaluadas mujeres (n = 130) con edad entre 18 a 35 años (26,06 ± 4,41 años) de la ciudad Curitiba.
Body mass was measured with a Wiso digital scale (W721), with 180kg capacity and 100g precision. With a stadiometer (WCS Wood Portable Compact) of millimeter precision,
Table 1. Correlations among age, anthropometrics and body fat percentage, from
130 young women.
Age 26.06 ± 4.41 years 0.113 0.200
Stature 1.63 ± 0.06 m 0.180a 0.040
https://www.scielo.br/j/rbme/a/DJ6ggJBJsBFZgNbDQW3jYRh/?format=pdf&lang=en