RESUMO
The authors show the relations among arm circumference, arm muscle and arm fat areas with or without menarche, by carrying out an anthropometric study in 717 adolescents in the municipality of Botucatu. It must be emphasized that those adolescents who had already menstruated presented significantly higher nutritional indicators than those who had not menstruated yet. There was an increase in fat tissue and lean body mass in those adolescents who had already menstruated. Body changes might be expressed by calculating muscle and arm fat areas using triceps skinfold and arm circumference.
Assuntos
Adolescente , Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Psiquiatria do Adolescente , Equipe de Assistência ao PacienteRESUMO
O estudo apresentado tem por objetivo caracterizar a historia de vacinacao em grupo de 108 adolescentes atendidos em uma unidade ambulatorial a eles destinada. Observou-se que 77,8% dos adolescentes tinham vacinacao incompleta e que 52,8% nao tinham recebido esquema com as vacinas disponiveis nas instituicoes publicas de saude. Os dados chamam a atencao para falhas importantes na vacinacao de adolescentes contra difteria, tetano e paralisia infantil e aponta para a necessidade de identificar os adolescentes susceptiveis de contrair as molestias proprias da infancia