Avaliação antropométrica de escolares do Programa Escola com Saúde da região leste de Cuiabá, Mato Grosso

Abstract

Anthropometric assessment is an essential method to analyze the nutritional status of children, enabling early and late nutritional diagnoses, contributing to the prevention and treatment of diseases during childhood. Objective: To analyze the nutritional status of students aged between 5 and 10 years participating in the School with Health Program in the eastern region of Cuiabá - Mato Grosso, in the period of 2011. Methods: This is a cross-sectional and descriptive study. typing of printed forms with anthropometric and sociodemographic data of students from the Escola com Saúde Program, followed by data analysis 3286 students aged between 5 and 10 years were evaluated according to the weight for age indexes (W/A), height for age (H/A) and body mass index for age (BMI/A), with anthropometric characteristics presented through prevalence and their association with sex, shift evaluated through the prevalence ratio (chi square). Results: 1.51% of students were classified as very short stature or short stature for age. Approximately 2% of the students were underweight for their age, and 24.63% were overweight, classified between overweight, obesity and severe obesity. The prevalence of overweight and high weight among students was higher among males (24.86%) and among students in the morning period (26.46%), showing a significant difference in the variable shift, where the prevalence of excess weight of weight in the morning shift was 15% higher than the prevalence of overweight in the afternoon shift. Conclusion: Obesity and overweight are constantly increasing among this age group studied, demonstrating the importance of nutritional monitoring during childhood.