Perfil nutricional e alimentar de crianças de escolas participantes do Programa Saúde na Escola em Palmas - TO

Abstract

Objective: To describe the socioeconomic profile, lifestyle and consumption and eating pattern of schoolchildren aged 8 to 10 years assisted by the School Health Program in the city of Palmas, Tocantins. Methodology: This study comes from the database of a larger research in which information was collected from both students and age, gender, anthropometric measurements and type of school that studies; as well as their guardians being age, sex, number of children or residents, degree of kinship with said child, weight and height, and eating habits of the child. Subsequently, the media sociodemographic characteristics were calculated, and the dietary pattern was evaluated by principal component analysis (PCA). Results: It was identified that, among the respondents, 82.6% were female, had a median of 35 years, 32.3% were overweight and 16.2% were obese. Regarding the children, there was a median of 9 years, and 57.2% were male, 59.1% studied in full-time school (TSI), 26.5% were overweight and 9.3% were at cardiovascular risk. In addition, 3 dietary patterns were found, the one being a pattern composed of fruits, vegetables and vegetables; the two contained ultra-processed foods; and the standard 3 foods contained in the main meals. Conclusion: There was a high prevalence of child overweight; exacerbated use of screens; excessive intake of fat, salt and sugars; low fluid intake and inappropriate eating behaviors. Pertinent to this fact, the consumption of hypercaloric and ultra processed foods was frequent.