Sharon E Taverno Ross, Geena Militello, Marsha Dowda, Russell R Pate
Changes in Diet Quality in Youth Living in South Carolina From Fifth to 11th Grade
Journal of nutrition education and behavior
evaluate prevalence voluntary dehydration based urine osmolarity elementary school students two public educational institutions metropolitan region paulo evaluate whether relationship voluntary dehydration nutritional status socioeconomic status analytical crosssectional study students two public schools city osasco determination urine osmolarity performed using freezing method advanced osmometer model 3w2 urine osmolarity greater 800 mosmkg h2o considered voluntary dehydration data collection weights heights students environmental temperatures air humidity levels obtained total 475 students aged six 12 years evaluated 188 male voluntary dehydration occurred 632 students frequent males females prevalence voluntary dehydration frequent males aged six nine years females however statistically significant difference observed males females aged 10 12 years association found voluntary dehydration nutritional status socioeconomic status prevalence voluntary dehydration high elementary school students frequent males association found voluntary dehydration nutritional socioeconomic status