Perfil nutricional de escolares de uma escola da rede de ensino de Cachoeira do Sul - RS

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine the nutritional status of school children enrolled in a school in the city of Cachoeira do Sul / RS. They were part of the study population school, of both sexes, from first to ninth school year a Municipal School of Basic Education of the city of Cachoeira do Sul / RS. Study participants were 298 classes of students from 1st to 9th grade. To assess the nutritional status was followed the recommendation of the World Health Organization (1995). The variables that were collected in the school records were age, weight (kg) and height (cm). The classification of nutritional status by BMI ranged from 13.5 to 48.56 kg / m² with an average of 20.07 ± 4.5 kg / m², the score ZE / I had a variation between -2.980 and 3.34 on average of 0.35308 ± 1.07, and the score Z BMI a range of -3.11 to 6.25 with an average of 0.9189 ± 1.39. The results of this study have important information about the nutritional status of the evaluated students. The prevalence of overweight was high. Therefore, it is concluded that the schoolchildren are classified mostly as eutrophic, though the school has a high incidence of overweight and obesity in the nutritional status classification with relevant percentage in males.