Situação nutricional de crianças em escola: fatores determinantes

• Autor(a) principal: Vasconcellos, Maria Verônica Farias de
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFPB
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/tede/5081
• topic: Nutrição; Obesidade; Situação nutricional; Escolares; Nutrition; Obesity; Nutritional status; School; CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ENFERMAGEM

The main object of study of nutrition for many years was the deficiency diseases with emphasis on nutrition. However, in recent years there has been a rapid increase in obesity prevalence in several countries including Brazil despite still live with high rates of deficiency problems such as the high prevalence rate of anemia. In this sense, the case specifically of children is of great importance to assess the nutritional situation as this has direct influence on the risk of mortality and child growth and development. The deficit in micronutrient in take affects the nutritional status and is present when foods such as fruits and vegetables are restricted within the current eating habits, but also not present when the consumption of foods rich in vitamin C and Iron, Which may contribute to the high prevalence of anemia which is associated with poor eating habits and be independent of social class. The identification of the nutritional status of children, specifically introduced into the school environment and the monitoring there of is an extremely important initiative in the process of assessing the health status of children. Within this context, this study aims to trace the children of the nutritional status of preschool and lower school in a public school and to identify factors with emphasis on the following variables: weight, height, age, gender, physical activity, blood pressure, waist, food type and leisure activity, time spent with TV, spending time with computer and video games. We conducted a descriptive study, and correlational data with quantitative approach. The survey was conducted in the School of Basic Education UFPB Campus I. The sample consisted of 92 children. Data were collected between August December 2010, using the technique of building on an interview form. In addition, data were collected concerning the weight, height, age, blood pressure and waist circumference. The results show that 23.1% of children are overweight, 13.2% are obese, a prevalence of 32.2% for hypertension, the values of waist circumference at risk in 38.5% of the shows, in addition was detected 74.1% prevalence of constipation. The nutritional situation of these children is within the scenario of Brazilian epidemiological profile when combined with these results are the sedentary life style and poor eating habits. Being necessary to intervene in order to change this picture.