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0296/2015 - Anthropometric profile of children according to the structure of daycare centers
Perfil antropométrico de crianças segundo a estrutura das creches

Author:

• Dixis Figueroa Pedraza - Pedraza, D.F - Campina Grande, PB - Universidade Estadual da Paríba, Departamento de Enfermagem e Programa de Pós-graduação em Saúde Pública - <dixisfigueroa@gmail.com>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5394-828X

Thematic Area:

Alimentação, Nutrição e Saúde

Abstract:

Objectives: To evaluate the structure of public daycare centers and the anthropometric profile of children in the city of Campina Grande, Paraíba. Methods: Cross-sectional study involving 793 children assisted in daycare centers. Were included information to characterize the daycare centers (structure related to the capacity of demand attend and the processing power of school meals, reception system of children, location area) and anthropometric status of children (Height/Age, Weight/Height). Results: The mean Z-scores for height/age and weight/height were lower in childrendaycare centers with more number of children by employee, in part time scheme and located in rural zone. The Z-scores for height/age were also lower in child who lived in classroom and dormitory room with higher quantitative of child. Conclusions: Realize up structural problems in the daycare centers related to human resource capacity to pay attention to child and to the ways of living together (clumping), which can score differences on the nutritional status of children. In turn, the frequency at daycare full time and the urbanization can predispose positively children‘s growth.

Keywords:

Child Day Care CentersChildrenAnthropometryBody heightGrowth. Nutritional status

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Pedraza, D.F. Anthropometric profile of children according to the structure of daycare centers. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2015/Nov). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/anthropometric-profile-of-children-according-to-the-structure-of-daycare-centers/15369?id=15369



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