Growth charts of Brazilian youngs: 20-years data of 95,000 children and adolescents from “Projeto Esporte Brasil”

Júlio Brugnara Mello; Glauber Carvalho Nobre; Anelise Reis Gaya; Michael Duncan; Alan Nevill; Adroaldo Gaya

doi:10.1590/1413-81232024295.06412023

Growth charts of Brazilian youngs: 20-years data of 95,000 children and adolescents from “Projeto Esporte Brasil”

Júlio Brugnara Mello, Glauber Carvalho Nobre, Anelise Reis Gaya, Michael Duncan, Alan Nevill, Adroaldo Gaya

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Abstract

This article aims to present growth curves for height, weight, and BMI of 95,000 Brazilian youths aged 6 to 17 years, including the five regions of the country, the Amazon region, and indigenous populations, and compare them with the World Health Organization (WHO) growth references. The final sample consisted of 52,729 boys and 42,731 girls from the “Projeto Esporte Brasil” database. Body mass and height information were used to derive the curves. The generalized additive model for location, scale, and shape was employed. In this study, we present smoothed weight-for-age, height-for-age, and BMI-for-age curves for boys and girls. Differences were observed between the results of the Brazilian curves and the WHO growth references. The developed curves will be valuable for professionals in medicine, public health, nutrition, physical education, and other related fields, regarding the assessment of physical growth in Brazilian children and adolescents and monitoring the nutritional status of this population. Additionally, these curves will facilitate the identification of individuals or subgroups at risk of diseases and delayed growth, with a greater focus on specific country-related factors.

Original language	English
Article number	e06412023
Number of pages	12
Journal	Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
Volume	29
Issue number	5
Early online date	5 Oct 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232024295.06412023
Publication status	Published - 13 May 2024

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During the years 2003 and 2009, the Ministry of Sport of Brazil, through the National Secretariat of High-Performance Sport, financed PROESP-Br. The funding was for the purchase of materials for data collection. The Project that originates this manuscript was supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Brazil. Process number 305200/2013-5.

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Anthropometry
Body weights and measures
Growth and development
Growth charts
Public health

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health Policy

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