TÌNH TRẠNG DINH DƯỠNG VÀ MỘT SỐ CHỈ SỐ SINH HỌC CỦA SINH VIÊN ĐẠI HỌC CHÍNH QUY NĂM THỨ 2 TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC ĐIỀU DƯỠNG NAM ĐỊNH

Abstract

The cross-sectional study on 414 sophomore students at Nam Dinh University of Nursing, Nam Dinh province. The objective of this survey was carried out to identify the nutritional status and some biological indexes of the students. The results showed that the average height and weight of male students were 62.3 ± 9,5kg; 169.4  ± 6,3cm, respectively; whereas female students’ index was 156,3 ± 8,9cm; 4,8 ± 7,2kg. The average BMI of the students was 19.9 ± 2.7 kg/m², BMI was higher in male students (21.7 ± 3.1) compared to female students (19.69 ± 2.6). There were 63.3 % of the students in normal health status limits; 32.4% of studied students who were long-term lack energy and the rate of overweigh- obesity accounted for 4.3%. The difference in nutritional status between male and female was statistically significant (p<0.05). Body fat index, visceral fat index and the muscle bone percentage index of the study subjects were 23.9 ±3.5%; 2.3 ±1.8%; 27.4 ±2.9%, respectively.