Evaluation of Mouth Breathing Children Nutritional Status and Its Relation with Obesity

• Autor(a) principal: Carnevalli, Denise Bertin
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Outros Autores: Nozaki, Vanessa Thaís, Araújo, Ana Paula Serra de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/986
• topic: Respirador Oral; Sistema Estomatognático; Obesidade; Mouth Breathing; Stomatognathic System; Obesity.

The present study aimed at evaluating the nutritional status of mouth breathing children, verifying its relation with obesity. Study participants were 35 children with ages between 5 and 10, evaluated by a questionnaire composed of an anthropometric assessment (Waterlow classification, percentiles, Z score: weight/age, height/age and weight/height, arm circumference and WHR) and questions on oral breathing pattern, food preferences and others. The observed results demonstrated an index of over 50% of children in overweight, obesity or morbid obesity, besides the alteration of the feeding pattern, which causes them to eat fast, leading to excess in food intake. The children demonstrated an ingestion of almost 100% of carbohydrates and more than 60% of lipids above the recommended. The findings in this study confirm what is described in literature, demonstrating that the mouth breathing provokes disorders in chewing/mastication and feeding, leading those individuals to obesity.