Revista de Nutrição Rev. Nutr. 2020;33:e190194 NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF LEUKEMIA SURVIVORS 1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-9865202033e190194 1 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Nutrição. R. Ramiro Barcelos, 2400, 4º andar, 90035-003, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. Correspondence to: EB BEHLING. E-mail: <ebehling@hcpa.edu.br>. 2 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Serviço de Nutrição e Dietética. Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. 3 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Serviço de Oncologia Pediátrica. Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. Support: Fundo de Incentivo à Pesquisa, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (Process n. 2016-0008). How to cite this article Belin CHS, Bueno MC, Cruz LB, Selistre SGA, Behlig EB. Changes in nutritional status in adolescents surviving leukemia and lymphoma. Rev Nutr. 2020;33:e190194. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-9865202033e190194 CC BY ORIGINAL Changes in nutritional status in adolescents surviving leukemia and lymphoma Alterações no estado nutricional em adolescentes sobreviventes de leucemias e linfomas Christy Hannah Sanini BELIN 1 0000-0001-6805-2876 Márjory de Camillis BUENO 1 0000-0002-5560-7913 Luciane Beitler DA CRUZ 2 0000-0002-2977-0696 Simone Geiger de Almeida SELISTRE 3 0000-0003-2700-0281 Estela Beatriz BEHLING 1 0000-0001-9224-5723 A B S T R A C T Objective To examine the changes in the nutritional status of adolescents aged 10-19 years after a minimum 12 months interval following oncological treatment for leukemias and lymphomas. Methods Longitudinal design quantitative study conducted at Hospital de Clínicas, Porto Alegre. Adolescents aged 10-19 years after a minimum 12 months interval following oncological treatment for leukemias and lymphomas were included. The measures of weight, height, brachial circumference, triceps skinfold thickness, arm muscle circumference and abdominal circumference were collected. Results The sample comprised 50 adolescents who had survived leukemias and lymphomas. In the follow up 38% of the patients were classified as overweight according to the body mass index for their age. There was a significant