Estado nutricional em crianças menores de cinco anos na aldeia indígena Alto Recreio - RS

Abstract

Nowadays there is a decline in the occurrence of chronic malnutrition in children, with increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in the population, even in the lowest strata of income. Regarding the nutritional situation, we know very little about the indigenous people of Brazil. When discussing growth and nutritional status, speaks mainly of the health-disease process, so it is important to consider that each indigenous people has its own concepts, values and ways of experiencing the health, disease, nutrition, malnutrition and obesity . This article was carried out from January to July of 2010 and aims to study the trend of overweight and obesity in children under five years of the Indian village Serrinha – Alto Recreio, through the consolidation and analysis of data collected through the SISVAN-Information System for Food and Nutrition Surveillance program, held monthly in the six sectors belonging to the indigenous area. The population assisted in the sample were 80 children. The data were obtained from the Indian SISVAN through WeightXAge according to WHO (2006) and NCHS (1977). The description of the variables are: Child weight / age, the index is defined by: Weight for age - W / percentiles to assess the nutritional status of children. The purpose of defining a data stream for the food and nutrition surveillance is to standardize and streamline the path taken by generating reliable information and data relevant to health promotion, prevention and nutritional recovery.