Scientific evidence about the association between the metabolic syndrome (ms) with nutritional state and sexual maturation stage

During puberty, anthropometric changes and body composition of adolescents occur, with an impact on nutritional status, increasing the risk of cardiovascular diseases resulting from excess body fat. The aim of this study was to identify scientific evidence that demonstrates the association between metabolic syndrome (MS), sexual maturation stage and nutritional status in adolescents.This is an integrative review of the literature carried out at SciELO and PubMed, without a time frame, with the following guiding question: What scientific evidence demonstrates the association between metabolic syndrome (MS), with the stage of sexual maturation and nutritional status? The results showed 16 articles, grouped by similarity and according to the categories: Sexual Maturation versus Metabolic Syndrome, Sexual Maturation versus Nutritional Status and Nutritional Status versus Metabolic Syndrome.The findings showed that the prevalence of MS increases with the presence of obesity, and that early sexual maturation was positively associated with obesity in adolescents; moreover, in girls, early menarche was associated with childhood obesity. There is a need to establish a criterion for MS, since there was an absence of well criteria and reference established values for MS among children and adolescents, making comparisons of prevalence difficult.