The nutritional status of schoolchildren living in the semi-arid area of northern Brazil

The nutritional status of schoolchildren living in the semi-arid area of northern Brazil

This study was aimed at describing the nutritional status of 10 to 17 year old children enrolled in public and private schools from different regions having specific Brazilian semi-arid area characteristics. This was a cross-sectional, descriptive and comparative study using a stratified probability...

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Veröffentlicht in:Revista de salud pública (Bogotá, Colombia) Colombia), 2009-01, Vol.11 (1), p.62-71
Hauptverfasser: da Silva, João B, da Silva, Francisco Gama, de Medeiros, Humberto J, Roncalli, Angelo G, Knackfuss, Maria I
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Sprache:por
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Adolescent
Brazil
Child
Climate
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Nutritional Status
Obesity - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:This study was aimed at describing the nutritional status of 10 to 17 year old children enrolled in public and private schools from different regions having specific Brazilian semi-arid area characteristics. This was a cross-sectional, descriptive and comparative study using a stratified probability sample (n=1 701). 900 children were male and 801 female selected from three cities, randomly chosen from 3 cities which were representative of the regions: Leste Potiguar-RLP (n=1,158), Oeste Potiguar-ROP (n=312) and Central Potiguar-RCP (n=231). They were divided into three age groups: 10 to 12 years, 13 and 14 years and e(3)15 years. Conde and Monteiro cutoff points were used for body mass index (BMI) classification. Regarding the regions, there was a significant difference (p
ISSN:0124-0064