EN PT


0343/2015 - Estado nutricional dos alunos da Rede Nacional de Ensino de Educação Infantil e Fundamental do Serviço Social do Comércio (Sesc), Brasil, 2012

Author:

• Luiz Antonio dos Anjos - Anjos, L. A. - Niterói, RJ - Universidade Federal Fluminense, Departamento de Nutrição Social - <lanjos@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5257-6912

Co-author(s):

• Willian Dimas Bezerra Silveira - Silveira, Willian Dimas Bezerra - Serviço Social do Comércio, Administração Nacional - <willian.silveira@sescrio.org.br>

Thematic Area:

Alimentação, Nutrição e Saúde

Abstract:

Overweight/obesity (OB) is one of the major nutrition problems in Brazilian children and adolescents. The objective of this study was to describe the growth and nutritional status of children enrolled in the Sesc National Network of Elementary Education. It is a cross-sectional study conducted in 20,113 students (9,992 girls)83 schools aged3 to 17y. Nutritional status was determined using the body mass index for age and stature for age according to the WHO criteria. Stunting was observed in only 1.6 (girls) and 1.3% (boys). Overweight + obesity was observed in 29.7% of the schoolchildren (27.6% of girls and 32.3% of boys). In the < 5y schoolchildren, OB was equal to 12.3% (10.9% of girls and 13.2% of boys). In the 5-10y group, the prevalences were 35.3% in girls and 40.1% in boys (37.8% in all). In the 10y+ group, they were 32.5% (girls) and 43.0% (boys), 37.4% overall. The identified prevalences of OB in all age groups were high and the problem worsens in older children and in boys. These findings corroborate the reported situation in national and international studies and reinforce the need for monitoring and intervening the nutritional status of schoolchildren.

Keywords:

ObesityNutritional StatusChild, PreschoolChildAdolescentChild Nutrition Disorders

Content:

Access Issue in Scielo

Other languages:







How to

Cite

Anjos, L. A., Silveira, Willian Dimas Bezerra. Estado nutricional dos alunos da Rede Nacional de Ensino de Educação Infantil e Fundamental do Serviço Social do Comércio (Sesc), Brasil, 2012. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2015/Dec). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/estado-nutricional-dos-alunos-da-rede-nacional-de-ensino-de-educacao-infantil-e-fundamental-do-servico-social-do-comercio-sesc-brasil-2012/15416



Execution



Sponsors