Nutritional status of schoolchildren at a municipal school in the interior of piauí
International Journal of Development Research
Nutritional status of schoolchildren at a municipal school in the interior of piauí
Received 03rd February, 2020; Received in revised form 12th March, 2020; Accepted 06th April, 2020; Published online 30th May, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Walbert Otávio Xavier da Silva et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: to analyze the nutritional status and eating habits of schoolchildren from the 2nd to the 5th year at a school in the city of Cristino Castro - PI, with children aged 8 to 19 years. Methodology: This study dealt with a descriptive exploratory field research with a quantitative approach. Results and Discussion: 40 students agreed to participate in the research, 16 male and 24 female. The distribution of body mass in relation to the height of the students revealed that the condition of thinness was observed in 27.5%, in turn, the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the population was 15% of the population. As for the distribution of overweight, girls had a higher percentage (20.83%) when compared to boys (6.25%), and it was found the percentage of 6.25% of obesity in boys and 20.83% in girls. When analyzing only the group with overweight and obesity by gender, obesity was significantly more prevalent in boys. Conclusion: The early detection of children with inadequate nutritional status, associated with actions aimed at promoting health, with interventions in schools, families and with everyone's access to information on the determinants and consequences of thinness and obesity.
