Antropometria, composição corporal e estado nutricional de escolares de séries iniciais de Caçador - SC

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

This study aimed to examine anthropometric indicators of body composition and nutritional status of children 5 to 11 years of age the initial grades of elementary school and its development between the years 2007 and 2008. Thus, the sample consisted of 5.118 children in 2007, and in 2008 were evaluated 4.775 students belonging to the Network City, State and Private Education in the Municipality of Cacador - SC. Anthropometric measurements were performed for body mass, height, body fat, as was the nutritional status of individuals. The level of significance was p . 0.05. In general, the results indicate that the average height and body mass of children are not only within the normal range in the different networks of education, and in some cases above the average of other similar studies in the South Region This study also indicates that the growth rates of children Cacador are larger than the indices provided by the study of the NCHS reference. As for body fat on the school of Cacador, in general, you can set that, by analysis of body fat on average, children are at the level of fat within the normal range, according to standards Lohman, except in some specific ages. Since there is also little difference between the networks of education in terms of the mean relative body fat. In considering the nutritional status of school networks of local, state and private schools of Cacador, you may notice that the rate of malnutrition, although high, is decreasing, but in compensation, the rate of overweight is increasing . You can also see that children from Cacador have a higher growth rate when compared with international benchmarks of NCHS. In this study there is a need for monitoring of health care professionals for children of elementary school education in the different networks of the municipality. Through the completion of the assessment of nutritional status of children offered a greater clarity of information to the population and the competent authorities, which favors a possible work by the network of education through school lunches for a monitoring / evaluation of health status on the broad children who are at risk of malnutrition or malnourished, and those at risk for obesity or obese, to have reversed the tables of nutrition council, since the numbers were relatively high.

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obesidade Índice de massa corporal educação física educacao fisica alunos - nutrição estatura antropometria - indicadores

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