Estado nutricional de escolares em uma escola pública do município de Cuité: uma análise longitudinal.

Abstract

The nutritional transition that is characterized by co-existence of malnutrition and obesity in the population due to changes in the consumption of food is not only reaching the adult population but the children as well. The aim of this study was to analyze the anthropometric nutritional status of children enrolled in a public school Cuité municipality between the years 2013 and 2015, therefore we developed a longitudinal study based on data from a previous study conducted in 2013 . The sample consisted of 73 children with initial age between 3 and 9 years of age enrolled in a public school of Cuité. Socioeconomic information, anthropometric and practice of school feeding were collected. To determine the nutritional status of school, we used the z scores for weight for age (W / A) and height for age (H / A), from the curves of the World Health Organization. For the school participate in the research , the leaders signed two Terms of Consent. The results showed that a significant portion of the school remained at overweight and obesity from the W / A (21.8%) and at risk of low birth weight rates by H / A and W / A (4.1% and 3 , 6%). However, also notes that while students who were in low birth weight in 2013 have not attained normal weight they gained points in the z-score showing that along the segment was improved nutritional status of them. As to the factors analyzed that could influence the nutritional status the only one that was significant was the availability of water (p = 0.03) showing higher growth and weight gain among students who do not have water available daily. Given the above, we see the importance of developing food and nutrition surveillance between school and the need to develop food and nutrition education activities to promote healthy eating habits among schoolchildren.