Overweight in children under 6 years of age in Florianópolis, SC, Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Tittoni CORSO, Arlete Catarina
• Data de Publicação: 2003
• Outros Autores: BOTELHO, Lúcio José, Zanette Ramos ZENI, Lúcia Andréia, Machado MOREIRA, Emília Addison
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Nutrição
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/nutricao/article/view/9114
• topic: overweight; infant population; anthropometry; child; infant nutrition; sobrepeso; população infantil; antropometria; crianças; nutrição infantil

The prevalence of overweight in 3,806 children under six years of age, living in the city of Florianópolis, state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, was determined through weight for height Z-scores (National Center for Health Statistics reference). Results showed an incidence of 1.9% for malnutrition and 6.8% for overweight, and this last one predominated in female children under the age of two, living in not-so-poor areas. The prevalence of overweight in this study was compared to those found in other regions of Brazil and in other countries. The χ2 Mantel-Haenszel test was applied to verify the association of overweight occurrence with poor/not poor areas, sex and age. Statistically significant association (p<0.05) was observed among children under two years of age. This result is similar to the one found by Pesquisa Nacional sobre Saúde e Nutrição for Brazil in 1989.