Estado nutricional, consumo alimentar e atividade física de escolares do interior do Rio Grande do Norte

• Autor(a) principal: Gomes, Flayane Oliveira
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFRN
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/34737
• topic: Escolares; Estado nutricional; Consumo alimentar; Atividade física

OBJECT: This study aims to describe the anthropometric nutritional state, the food consumption and the physical activity level in students at the elementary school, by analyzing the associations between the variables. METHODS: Sixty hundred and four children were evaluated, being 344 male, with an average age of 9.73 ± 1.74 years. The anthropometric nutritional state was evaluated through the body mass index. The food consumption and the physical activity level were evaluated by a quiz illustrated that was validated and responded by the students, which should identify the food consumed and the exercises performed in the past 24 hours. The associations were tested by the chi-square test, with a calculation of the respective reasons of prevalence and with a confidence gap of 95%. RESULTS: The most part of students was eutrophic (66.2%), but 17.2% had and 11,4% were obesity. The males presented with a higher overweight and obesity prevalence, but also presented as the more active than the females. Furthermore, the boys reported a bigger food consumption regarding the groups: milk and derivatives, ultra-processed and fruits, vegetables and greens. The group of students without overweight presented significantly more active (18.4% vs 8.4% p = 0.01), and the student group most active presented a higher consumption of fruit, vegetables and greens (26.8% vs 22.0%, p < 0,01) and milk and derivatives (29.0% vs 28.3%, p < 0,01). CONCLUSION: The overweight frequency was quite high in the sample analysed, and the boys showed a higher consumption of food groups and physical activity level.