[Effect of environmental factors on high school children's health]

Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi. 2003 Jul-Sep;107(3):622-6.
[Article in Romanian]

Abstract

We studied 78 teenagers from Iaşi Pedagogic High School. Body mass index values are mainly (83.3%) normal. 60.3% of the teenagers are coming from rural areas, but there are no significant differences between children coming from urban and rural areas. The frequency of families with more than 5 children in the urban areas is very small (1.3%), but in the rural areas this frequency is more than 10 times higher (15.4%). Due to this factor, the per capita income is reduced in the rural areas. Nutrition is a major problem in both urban and rural areas, due to unbalances food intake.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Body Mass Index
  • Eating*
  • Female
  • Health Status*
  • Humans
  • Nutrition Surveys
  • Nutritional Status*
  • Romania
  • Rural Population / statistics & numerical data*
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Students / statistics & numerical data*
  • Urban Population / statistics & numerical data*