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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the nutritional status of schoolchildren, resident in a semiarid region in the Northeastern Brazil. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study, involving 860 children and adolescents aged from 5-19 years-old, enrolled in three public schools in the county. The selection of schools was non-probabilistic type and unintentional. The initial population, which integrated the database, was composed by 1,035 children and teenagers, and 175 students (16.9%) were excluded because of inconsistency in the anthropometric data, resulting in a sample of 860 students. The following outcomes were considered: stunting (malnutrition), overweight and obesity (overweight), being the height/age and body mass index/age (BMI/Age), indices respectively used. Children and adolescents with height <-2 standard deviations and overweight and obese weight z score ≥1 were considered stunted. The statistical analysis was descriptive. RESULTS: The prevalence of stunting and overweight/obesity was 9.1% and 24.0%, respectively. Overweight and stunting were higher in adolescents aged 15 and over, compared to other age groups analyzed. In relation to gender, malnutrition presented itself in a similar way, but overweight was more frequent among females. CONCLUSIONS: The results revealed that excess weight, here represented by the sum of overweight and obesity, was more prevalent than stunting (malnutrition), highlighting the urgent need for attention to this problem in order to design interventions capable of contributing to the improvement of schoolchildren nutritional status.
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Growth Disorders/epidemiology , Nutritional Status , Overweight/epidemiology , Pediatric Obesity/epidemiology , Adolescent , Brazil/epidemiology , Child , Child, Preschool , Climate , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Humans , Male , Prevalence , Young AdultABSTRACT
Objetivo: Avaliar o estado nutricional dos escolares de um município do semiárido nordestino. Métodos: Estudo transversal de crianças e adolescentes de 5-19 anos, matriculados em três escolas da rede pública de ensino do município. A população inicial foi composta por 1.035 crianças e adolescentes matriculados na rede, sendo excluídos 175 alunos (17%) por inconsistência de dados antropométricos, resultando 860 estudantes. Foram consideradas como variáveis desfechos, o deficit estatural (desnutrição) e o sobrepeso e obesidade (excesso de peso), sendo utilizados os índices altura/idade e o índice de massa corporal/ idade (IMC/idade), respectivamente. Foram considerados com deficit estatural crianças e adolescentes com altura <-2 desvios-padrão e, com sobrepeso e obesidade, escore z do peso ≥1. A análise estatística foi descritiva. Resultados: A prevalência de deficit estatural e a de sobrepeso/obesidade foi 9,1% e 24,0%, respectivamente. O excesso de peso e o deficit estatural foi maior nos adolescentes maiores de 15 anos. Em relaçao ao sexo, a desnutriçao apresentou-se de forma similar, e o excesso de peso acometeu mais os do sexo feminino. Conclusões: Os resultados revelaram que o excesso de peso, aqui representados pelo somatório das duas condições - sobrepeso/obesidade -, apresentou maior prevalência que o deficit estatural (desnutrição), deixando clara a necessidade da atenção a esse problema para viablizar intervenções que contribuam com a melhoria do estado Nutricional de escolares...
Objective: To evaluate the nutritional status of schoolchildren, resident in a semiarid region in the Northeastern Brazil. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, involving 860 children and adolescents aged from 5-19 years-old, enrolled in three public schools in the county. The selection of schools was non-probabilistic type and unintentional. The initial population, which integrated the database, was composed by 1,035 children and teenagers, and 175 students (16.9%) were excluded because of inconsistency in the anthropometric data, resulting in a sample of 860 students. The following outcomes were considered: stunting (malnutrition), overweight and obesity (overweight), being the height/age and body mass index/age (BMI/Age), indices respectively used. Children and adolescents with height <-2 standard deviations and overweight and obese weight z score ≥1 were considered stunted. The statistical analysis was descriptive. Results: The prevalence of stunting and overweight/obesity was 9.1% and 24.0%, respectively. Overweight and stunting were higher in adolescents aged 15 and over, compared to other age groups analyzed. In relation to gender, malnutrition presented itself in a similar way, but overweight was more frequent among females. Conclusions: The results revealed that excess weight, here represented by the sum of overweight and obesity, was more prevalent than stunting (malnutrition), highlighting the urgent need for attention to this problem in order to design interventions capable of contributing to the improvement of schoolchildren nutritional status...
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Humans , Male , Female , Child , Adolescent , Anthropometry , Nutrition AssessmentABSTRACT
Este é um estudo abrangendo idosos diabéticos participantes de um Programa de Diabetes em ambulatório de média complexidade do Sistema Único de Saúde com o objetivo de caracterizar os participantes segundo as variáveis estudadas. A investigação observacional, transversal, com 119 idosos, de ambos os sexos, foi conduzida entre setembro/2007-agosto/2008, aprovada pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da Universidade Federal do Piauí. Os dados foram tabulados pelo EPI-INFO versão 6.04d. Para a análise da associação entre variáveis, utilizou-se o teste do c2. Observou-se que 11,8% dos idosos moravam só, 33,6% eram diabéticos há mais de 15 anos. Predominaram as mulheres (69,7%), a faixa etária de 60-69 anos (58,0%) e o sobrepeso (60,5%). As proporções respectivas de risco elevado e muito elevado de doença cardiovascular (DCV) foram: 28,8% e 45,8%. O risco para o desenvolvimento de DCV apresentou associação com os valores do peso, índice de massa corporal, circunferência da cintura e sexo masculino.
This transverse, observational study of 119 elderly diabetics of both sexes enrolled in a diabetics program at a medium-complexity clinic of Brazils national health system was carried out from September 2007 to August 2008, with a view to characterizing the participants according to the variables studied. It was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Piauí. Data were calculated using the EPI-INFO program, version 6.04d. The chi-square test was used to analyze the association between variables. It was found that 11.8% of the subjects lived alone; and 33.6% had been diabetic for more than 15 years. Most were women (69.7%), aged between 60 and 69 (58.0%) and overweight (60.5%). The respective rates of high and very high risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) were 28.8% and 45.8%. The risk for CVD was associated with the values of weight, BMI, waist circumference and male sex.
Estudio con diabéticos idosos participantes de un Programa de Diabetis en un ambulatorio de mediana complejidad del Sistema Único de Salud, cuyo objetivo fue caracterizar los participantes según las variables estudiadas. La investigación observacional, transversal, con 119 ancianos, de ambos los sexos, fue conducida entre setiembre/2007- agosto/2008, aprobada por el Comité de Ética en Investigación de la Universidad Federal de Piauí - Brasil. Los datos fueron tabulados por el EPI-INFO versión 6.04d. Para el análisis de la asociación entre variables, se utilizó el test del c2. Fue observado que 11,8% de los ancianos vivían solos, 33,6% eran diabéticos hacía más de 15 años. Predominaron las mujeres (69,7%), la faja etaria de 60-69 años (58,0%) y el sobrepeso (60,5%). Las proporciones respectivas de riesgo elevado y muy elevado de enfermedad cardiovascular (ECV) fueron: 28,8% y 45,8%. El riesgo para el desarrollo de ECV presentó asociación con los valores del peso, índice de masa corpoal, circunferencia de la cintura y sexo masculino.