Nutritional status of parents compared to the status of their children attending day care centers in Carapicuiba – SP

• Main Authors: Nailton Isbaltar Alves, Aline de Araújo Pereira, Dayse Evellin Santiago Campos, Leslie Andrews Portes, Nyvian Alexandre Kutz, Marcia Maria Hernandes de Abreu de Oliveira Salgueiro
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde (Icict) da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) 2018-09-01
• Series: RECIIS
• Subjects: Crianças; Pais; Educação; Hábitos alimentares; Estado nutricional.
• Online Access: https://www.reciis.icict.fiocruz.br/index.php/reciis/article/view/1371

Eating habits are initiated in childhood and at home, where parents are responsible for feeding the child, even before school. The present study aimed to associate the nutritional status of children attending three day care centers in the city of Carapicuiba, State of São Paulo, Brazil, with nutritional status, food consumption, economic class and schooling of their parents. Anthropometric data were collected from parents and their children, as well as sociodemographic and food consumption data. All analyzes were performed using the statistical package SPSS 22 and GraphPad Prism version 6.0 and the results were considered statistically different when p < 5%. The results reveal a high prevalence of overweight in children and parents. The nutritional status of the children is significantly associated with the eating habits of the parents. It should be remembered that dietary habits are indicators of protection and risk for chronic non-communicable diseases.