Nutritional status of schoolchildren aged 6 to 10 years in the city of Cruzeiro do Oeste - PR
Objective: To assess the nutritional status of schoolchildren. Methods: Data of the crosssectional study were obtained during the development of the “Project Educational Activities Related to School Process” in the city of Cruzeiro do Oeste-PR, Brazil. The study included children of both sexes enrol...
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doaj-0597ccb367184cd3ac8041744a871fe32020-11-24T23:13:08ZporUniversidade de FortalezaRevista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde1806-12221806-12302011-12-01244289295Nutritional status of schoolchildren aged 6 to 10 years in the city of Cruzeiro do Oeste - PRAna Paula de OliveiraAmauri Aparecido Bássoli de OliveiraEdna Regina Netto-OliveiraMaximiliano dos Anjos AzambujaWilson RinaldiObjective: To assess the nutritional status of schoolchildren. Methods: Data of the crosssectional study were obtained during the development of the “Project Educational Activities Related to School Process” in the city of Cruzeiro do Oeste-PR, Brazil. The study included children of both sexes enrolled in all six schools of the municipal network, in academic year 2010. We conducted anthropometric measurements of 1,074 schoolchildren aged 6 to 10 years. The variables assessed were weight and height to calculate BMI (Body MassIndex) for classification according to criteria proposed by Cole et al. Results: According to the nutritional status, were found 5.1% (55) of children with low weight and a significant portion of overweight and obesity, 16.6% (178) and 9.8% (105), respectively, totaling 26, 4%(283) of schoolchildren with excess weight. There was no association between nutritional status of scholars and gender. BMI and age showed a direct relationship. Conclusion: The assessment of nutritional status in the schools surveyed points to, the nutritional transition, as a significant portion of the children was considered overweight and obese. It is noteworthy that the distribution between the different nutritional statuses did not differ between thesexes, but correlated with age; with increasing age, overweight also increases.http://www.unifor.br/images/pdfs/rbps/artigo1_2011.4.pdfNutritional StatusChildObesity. |
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Ana Paula de Oliveira Amauri Aparecido Bássoli de Oliveira Edna Regina Netto-Oliveira Maximiliano dos Anjos Azambuja Wilson Rinaldi Nutritional status of schoolchildren aged 6 to 10 years in the city of Cruzeiro do Oeste - PR Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde Nutritional Status Child Obesity. |
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Ana Paula de Oliveira Amauri Aparecido Bássoli de Oliveira Edna Regina Netto-Oliveira Maximiliano dos Anjos Azambuja Wilson Rinaldi |
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Ana Paula de Oliveira |
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Nutritional status of schoolchildren aged 6 to 10 years in the city of Cruzeiro do Oeste - PR |
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Nutritional status of schoolchildren aged 6 to 10 years in the city of Cruzeiro do Oeste - PR |
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Nutritional status of schoolchildren aged 6 to 10 years in the city of Cruzeiro do Oeste - PR |
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Nutritional status of schoolchildren aged 6 to 10 years in the city of Cruzeiro do Oeste - PR |
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Nutritional status of schoolchildren aged 6 to 10 years in the city of Cruzeiro do Oeste - PR |
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nutritional status of schoolchildren aged 6 to 10 years in the city of cruzeiro do oeste - pr |
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Universidade de Fortaleza |
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Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde |
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1806-1222 1806-1230 |
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2011-12-01 |
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Objective: To assess the nutritional status of schoolchildren. Methods: Data of the crosssectional study were obtained during the development of the “Project Educational Activities Related to School Process” in the city of Cruzeiro do Oeste-PR, Brazil. The study included children of both sexes enrolled in all six schools of the municipal network, in academic year 2010. We conducted anthropometric measurements of 1,074 schoolchildren aged 6 to 10 years. The variables assessed were weight and height to calculate BMI (Body MassIndex) for classification according to criteria proposed by Cole et al. Results: According to the nutritional status, were found 5.1% (55) of children with low weight and a significant portion of overweight and obesity, 16.6% (178) and 9.8% (105), respectively, totaling 26, 4%(283) of schoolchildren with excess weight. There was no association between nutritional status of scholars and gender. BMI and age showed a direct relationship. Conclusion: The assessment of nutritional status in the schools surveyed points to, the nutritional transition, as a significant portion of the children was considered overweight and obese. It is noteworthy that the distribution between the different nutritional statuses did not differ between thesexes, but correlated with age; with increasing age, overweight also increases. |
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Nutritional Status Child Obesity. |
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