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- Title
PERFIL ALIMENTAR DE CRIANÇAS COM EXCESSO DE PESO ATENDIDAS EM UNIDADES BÁSICAS DE SAÚDE DA FAMÍLIA EM CAMPINA GRANDE-PB.
- Authors
Barros, Vivianne de Oliveira; Silva, Milena de Lima; Gonçalves, Chirlaine Cristine; de Sales Tavares, Jousilene; Silva, Maria Emília; de Lima Guedes, Alane Thaisy; Monteiro, Anna Priscilla Coelho
- Abstract
Childhood obesity is considered a serious health public problem with high rates in the world, by nutrition influence. The following study purposes are to evaluate nutritional profile of the children with excess body weight treated in the basic family health centre, in Campina Grande, Paraiba. This is a descriptive and crosssectional study conducted in a quantitative approach with 20 children with excess body weight. A semi-structured questionnaire has been used as an instrument of data collection, accomplished from April to May 2010. Data has been analyzed by the Epi Info 3.3.2 software among a sample of 50 percent male and 50 percent female. Concerning feeding habits, 65 percent of the children had eaten about 1 - 3 meals a day, moreover, 15 - 50 percent has not consumed fruit and vegetables, respectively. Thus, foods such as: meat ingestion, poultry, fish, milk derivates and beans has been mentioned as a daily habit for more than 50 percent of the children. Regarding lifestyle, 90 percent had not practiced any type of physical training, indeed only 35 percent performed leisure training which involved energy effort. Results demonstrate that poor dietary habits and childrens inactivity triggers the necessity to create strategic plans developed to encourage and support healthy feeding habits and physical activity adherence in order to prevent future complications.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; PARAIBA (Brazil : State); CHILDHOOD obesity; CHILDREN'S health; ANTHROPOMETRY
- Publication
Brazilian Journal of Food & Nutrition / Alimentos e Nutrição, 2011, Vol 22, Issue 2, p239
- ISSN
0103-4235
- Publication type
Article