AVALIAÇÃO DOS FATORES DE PREVALÊNCIA SOBRE O ESTADO NUTRICIONAL DE CRIANÇAS EM IDADE ESCOLAR
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21527/2176-7114.2020.38.131-137Keywords:
Infância. Escola. Obesidade.Abstract
Objective: Evaluate the prevalence factors on the nutritional status of school-age children. Method: The study included 626 children of both sexes, aged 7 to 10 years, enrolled in 18 municipal schools. They were evaluated as variables of gender, age and education. Nutritional status was assessed by Body Mass Index (BMI). Results: The mean age, weight and height were 8.49 ± 0.79 years, 33.58 ± 9.32 kg and 1.34 ± 0.07 meters, respectively. Most children attend the 4th grade of elementary school, with nutritional status of eutrophic (58.31%), but a large number of overweight students (40.73%). There was no significant difference (p>0.05) in nutritional status on the variables gender, age and education. Nevertheless, a higher frequency of obesity was observed in males aged between 9 and 10 years and attending the 4th grade of elementary school. Conclusion: It was concluded that the nutritional status of school age children does not influence gender, age and education specific variables.
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