Condição de peso e marcadores de alimentação saudável e não saudável em adolescentes de uma escola municipal de Cuiabá/MT

Abstract

This is a cross-sectional study of 70 adolescents aged 13 to 15 from a municipal school in Cuiabá, Brazil, in order to evaluate their weight condition and eating habits. Anthropometric measurements and application of the questionnaire of healthy and unhealthy food marker of PeNSE (National Survey of School Health) - 2015; applying the chi-square test (p <0.05) to analyze the association of the variables weight, sex and eating practices. There was a high prevalence of overweight (35.7%) in the studied population, especially in girls (51.3%); insufficient consumption of MAS foods (healthy food marker) and regular consumption of MANS (unhealthy food marker) foods among adolescents of both sexes, without significant association. There was no association between MAS and MANS consumption and overweight. Among the potentialities of this study is the incipience of epidemiological studies using MAS and MANS to evaluate the eating habits of adolescents, and the importance of performing nutritional surveillance actions for this group.