Obesity and overweight in pre-school: association with food consumption

Authors

  • Maria Lí­cia Lopes Morais Araújo
  • Mara Jordana Magalhães Costa
  • Socorro Adriana de Sousa Meneses Brandão
  • Francisca Vanessa Barros Costa
  • Regilda Saraiva dos Reis Moreira- Araújo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36489/saudecoletiva.2021v11i68p7315-7326

Keywords:

Preschoolers, Food consumption, Obesity

Abstract

The research aimed to identify the prevalence of overweight and obesity and its relationship with food consumption in pre-school children from the private network. It was cross-sectional, descriptive, with a sample of 403 preschoolers. An anthropometric assessment was performed to obtain the BMI, data on the frequency of food consumption were collected. In the statistical analysis, Student's t test, the χ2 test (Chi-square) and Kruskal-Wallis were used, with a significance level of 5%. Pearson's correlation between food consumption and BMI for age was used. The results showed that 60.1% of the children were eutrophic and 1.2% were thin. The risk of overweight, overweight and obesity was found to be 20.8%, 5.2% and 12.7%, respectively. Thus, the consumption of certain foods showed a strong correlation with BMI for age regarding the risk of overweight, overweight and obesity.

Author Biographies

Maria Lí­cia Lopes Morais Araújo

Doctoral student at the Postgraduate Program in Food and Nutrition at the Federal University of Piauí­. Master in Science and Health - in the area of Diagnostic Methods and Analysis of Health Conditions.

Mara Jordana Magalhães Costa

PhD in Public Health - Faculty of Public Health at USP, in the line of research on Public Health and Aging. Master in Science and Health from the Federal University of Piauí­.

Socorro Adriana de Sousa Meneses Brandão

Doctoral student in nursing at the Federal University of Piauí­. Master in Science and Health from the Federal University of Piauí­. Specialist in Health and Epidemiological Surveillance by UNAERP. Specialist in Public Health from the Federal University of Piauí­.

Francisca Vanessa Barros Costa

Master in Science and Health from the Federal University of Piauí­. Specialist in Hospital Physiotherapy from the State University of Piauí­. Specialist in Neonatology and Pediatrics from the State University of Piauí­.

Regilda Saraiva dos Reis Moreira- Araújo

Post-Doctor in Food Science at the Faculty of Pharmacy at UFMG and Post-Doctor in Nutrition in Public Health at FSP/USP. PhD in Food Science from the University of São Paulo (USP). Master in Food Technology from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC).

Published

2021-10-04

How to Cite

Lopes Morais Araújo, M. L. ., Magalhães Costa, M. J. ., de Sousa Meneses Brandão, S. A. ., Barros Costa, F. V. ., & Saraiva dos Reis Moreira- Araújo, R. . (2021). Obesity and overweight in pre-school: association with food consumption. Saúde Coletiva (Barueri), 11(68), 7315–7326. https://doi.org/10.36489/saudecoletiva.2021v11i68p7315-7326

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Section

Artigos Cientí­ficos