Avaliação antropométrica de pré-escolares em Piracicaba, SP: da desnutrição para a obesidade

Ana Paula Branco do Nascimento; Maurício Lamano Ferreira; Silvia Maria Guerra Molina

doi:10.5585/conssaude.v9i4.2378

Authors

Ana Paula Branco do Nascimento UNIVERSIDADE NOVE DE JULHO
Maurício Lamano Ferreira Universidade Nove de Julho
Silvia Maria Guerra Molina Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/conssaude.v9i4.2378

Keywords:

Child, preschool, Malnutrition, Nutritional status, Obesity.

Abstract

Introduction: The nutritional status of children is essential to assess the evolution of life and health conditions of a population in a country, since it can cause obesity in children which may perpetuate itself until adulthood. Objective: To evaluate the nutritional status of 3,996 children enrolled in public schools of early education (EMEI), in Piracicaba, SP. Method: Weight, height and age of preschoolers were collected. It was adopted the classification based on standard deviation units or z-score, using the anthropometric indicators of height-for-age (ZHA), weight-for-height (ZWH). Results: It was found that 8.1% of preschoolers showed deficits in stature (ZHA <-2), and 0.7% of children presented acute malnutrition (ZWH <-2). It was identified that 15.6% of children at risk for obesity (1 3). Conclusion: The results pointed to the need to implement intervention programs in EMEI Piracicaba, SP.