Overweight, Obesity And Cardio-Metabolic Indicators Of Peruvian Adolescents Whose Mothers Participated In A Prenatal Zinc Supplementation Trial

To characterize the nutritional status and cardio‐metabolic indicators of two groups of adolescents 14 yrs old, born from prenatal supplemented mothers. Methods: We evaluated a group of 86 adolescents from mothers that received iron and folic acid (group A), and 75 from mothers that received iron, folic acid and zinc (Group B). Results In group A, 16 (18.6%) were overweight and 24.4% were obese; in group B, 15 (20%) were overweight and 16% were obese (NS). Among the overweight and obese children (n=64), mean Hb in group A was 13.5 g/dl and 12.8 g/dl in group B (p=0.007), there were no differences on mean serum zinc, ferritin, PCR, triglycerides, HD cholesterol, glucose, fasting insulin, blood pressure, waist circumference. In group A, 16 (43.2 %), 15 (40.5%) and 5 children (13.5%); in Group B, 13 (48.1%), 8 (29.6%) and 3 children (11.1%) had 1, 2 and 3 or more abnormal cardio metabolic indicators (NS). In 53 (82.8%) children had PCR > 5mg/L, in 56 (87.5%) had HDL cholesterol < 40 mg/dl (NS between groups). Results have shown a high prevalence of overweight and obesity in this population, cardio‐metabolic indicators shown a trend to develop metabolic syndrome. Differences were not associated to group of maternal supplementation. Supported by Nestle Foundation.