Anthropometric assessment of preschool in Piracicaba, SP: from malnutrition to obesity
Introduction: The nutritional status of children is essential to assess the evolution of life and health conditions of a population in a country, since it can cause obesity in children which may perpetuate itself until adulthood. Objective: To evaluate the nutritional status of 3,996 children enroll...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2010 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade Nove de Julho (UNINOVE) |
| Repository: | Revista Conscientiae Saúde (Online) |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.periodicos.uninove.br:article/2378 |
| Online Access: | https://periodicos.uninove.br/saude/article/view/2378 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Child preschool Malnutrition Nutritional status Obesity. Desnutrição Estado nutricional Pré-escolares Obesidade. |
| Summary: | Introduction: The nutritional status of children is essential to assess the evolution of life and health conditions of a population in a country, since it can cause obesity in children which may perpetuate itself until adulthood. Objective: To evaluate the nutritional status of 3,996 children enrolled in public schools of early education (EMEI), in Piracicaba, SP. Method: Weight, height and age of preschoolers were collected. It was adopted the classification based on standard deviation units or z-score, using the anthropometric indicators of height-for-age (ZHA), weight-for-height (ZWH). Results: It was found that 8.1% of preschoolers showed deficits in stature (ZHA |
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