Prevalence of overweight and obesity in schoolchildren aged 7 to 10 years and their associated determinants.

• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Lidia Maria Oliveira de
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Miraglia, Fernanda, Silva, Franciéle Gomes da, Saldanha, Ricardo Pedrozo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.unilasalle.edu.br/index.php/saude_desenvolvimento/article/view/6231
• topic: Pediatric Obesity; School Feeding; Eating Habits; Physical Activity; Social Class; Ciências da Saúde; Nutrição; Obesidade Pediátrica; Alimentação Escolar; Hábitos Alimentares; Atividade Física; Classe Social

Objectives: The objective of the present study was to investigate the determinants associated with the nutritional status of students, aged 7 to 10 years, from the state public schools of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul.Materials and methods: This is a cross-sectional study with 574 school children. The nutritional state was determined from the Body Mass Index (BMI), according to the World Health Organization (WHO) z-score, 2007. A descriptive, bivariate and multivariate analysis of Poisson regression was performed to independently evaluate factors associated with being overweight.Results: The prevalence of overweight was 37.1% for both sexes. In the Poisson regression analysis, it was possible to identify that waist circumference, low physical activity score, do not eat breakfast, perform a greater number of meals a day and have a percentage of meals with unhealthy foods, over 50% of the total meals of the day, are predictors (p <0.05) for the risk of overweight and obesity.Conclusion: The prevalence of overweight and obesity in the population studied is high, and this evidence reinforces the importance of greater attention to public health care policies.