OBJECTIVES: Verify the alterations of body composition and of anthropometric parameters in crack addicted patients, hospitalized for addiction treatment. METHODS: Cohort prospective studies, with 40 crack addicted male volunteers, 18 to 60 years old, in treatment. Anthropometric parameters and body composition were measured, through bioelectric impedance analysis, within the hospital and at discharge. RESULTS: With an average age 29.3 ± 6.9 years, the patients have had, during abstinence, a weight gain of 7.6 ± 3.7 kg; 11.6 ± 6.4% of body weight; 5.6 ± 4.2 cm of waist circumference. There was an increase of 4.2 ± 3.2 kg of fat (obesity); 3.5 ± 3.0 kg of lean body mass and 2.5 ± 2.6 liters of water. When hospitalized, 17.5% of the patients presented overweight and 5% were malnourished, values that, at discharge, altered to 50% of eutrophy and 47.6% of overweight (BMI - Body Mass Index). It was observed that the average of weight gain increased in the first two weeks of hospitalization. CONCLUSION: During hospitalization a weight gain was identified as well as alterations in body composition and in anthropometric parameters of patients, resulting in migration from eutrophy to overweight, in an expressive group.
Crack; anthropometry; body composition
