Nutritional status and dietary habits in preschool-age children

Margarida Lourenço; Célia Santos; Isabel do Carmo

doi:10.12707/riii12140

Nutritional status and dietary habits in preschool-age children

Título traduzido da contribuição: Estado nutricional e hábitos alimentares em crianças de idade pré-escolar

Margarida Lourenço, Célia Santos, Isabel do Carmo

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Contexto: A prevalência da obesidade infantil continua a aumentar em todo o Mundo. As suas consequências são dramáticas, estando-lhe associada uma maior probabilidade de morte prematura e incapacidade na vida adulta. Este é um dos maiores desafios de saúde para o século XXI. Objetivo: Classificar o estado nutricional das crianças de idade pré-escolar a frequentar os jardins-de-infância selecionados; Caracterizar os hábitos alimentares das crianças de idade pré-escolar a frequentar os jardins-de-infância selecionados. Metodologia: Estudo não-experimental do tipo descritivo e transversal desenvolvido num centro de saúde da zona do concelho de Sintra, no âmbito do Programa de Saúde Escolar. A amostra é constituída por 300 crianças. Resultados: 154 crianças pertencem ao género masculino, 146 ao feminino; 140 crianças têm 3 anos de idade e 160 têm 4 anos; 92 crianças (30.6%) têm excesso de peso. Destas, 41 apresentam pré-obesidade (13.6%) e 51 obesidade (17.0%). Os alimentos mais consumidos pertencem ao grupo alimentar da carne, peixe e ovos. Conclusão: A prevalência de crianças com excesso de peso na amostra estudada é elevada. Verifica-se uma distorção na representatividade dos produtos consumidos, existindo um consumo exagerado de produtos do grupo da carne, peixe e ovos.

Título traduzido da contribuição	Estado nutricional e hábitos alimentares em crianças de idade pré-escolar
Idioma original	English
Páginas (de-até)	7-14
Número de páginas	8
Revista	Referência
Volume	4
Número de emissão	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.12707/riii12140
Estado da publicação	Publicado - 15 mar. 2014

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Criança pré-escolar
Estado nutricional
Hábitos alimentares
Obesidade

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