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Previous issue date: 2007-10-18 / Obesity is currently considered a public health problem and there has been growing interest in the study of various aspects related to this infirmity such as: epidemiology,
diagnosis, treatment, prevention and others. Thus, the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of weight excess and overweight in preschoolers in Natal,
Brazil and relate them to variables such as gender, age, type of school (public or private) and zones of the city (east/south and north/west). This is a transversal study, carried out in Natal, Brazil between August and September 2004, in 20 public and 20 private schools/day care centers selected by the systematic sampling method. We measured the weight and height of 3721 students between the ages of 2 and 6 years. The children were stratified, according to age, into age group 1 (2 to 4 years) and age group 2 (5 and 6 years) and according to the region of the school, into north/west and
east/south zones, the regions with the smallest and highest quality of life indices in the city, respectively. Children were considered to have weight excess when BMI ≥ 85th
percentile, including those with BMI ≥ 95th percentile and overweight when BMI ≥ 95th percentile. The prevalence of weight excess was 26.5%, and of overweight 12.4%.
There was greater prevalence of weight excess in the private schools and in the east/south zones. Overweight displayed the same epidemiologic profile, with a greater prevalence in private schools and in the east/south zones. The prevalence of weight excess in preschoolers in Natal, Brazil is high and is related, above all, to private schools and to those located in the highest quality of life areas. Therefore, prevention
programs should be implanted in elementary schools in order to decrease weight excess and possible associated co-morbidities. This research project met the norms
established by PPGCSa/UFRN and aimed at promoting the interrelation between different researchers and between different fields of knowledge, using multi and
interdisciplinary concepts. This study was enriched by the interaction between the following professionals: pediatrician, pediatric gastroenterologist and physician nutrition
specialist, pediatric endocrinologist, epidemiologist and biostatistician / A obesidade ? considerada, atualmente, problema de sa?de p?blica, observando-se interesse crescente em estudar os v?rios aspectos relacionados a essa enfermidade
como: epidemiologia, diagn?stico, tratamento, preven??o e outros. Dessa forma, este estudo teve como objetivo determinar a preval?ncia do excesso de peso e sobrepeso
em pr?-escolares de Natal e relacionar essa doen?a a vari?veis tais como: g?nero, idade, tipo de escola (p?blica ou privada) e zonas da cidade (leste/sul e norte/oeste).
Trata-se de estudo transversal, realizado na Cidade do Natal / RN, de agosto a dezembro de 2004, em 20
escolas/creches p?blicas e 20 privadas, selecionadas
atrav?s do m?todo de amostragem sistem?tica, com sorteio ponderado. Foi preenchido protocolo e verificado o peso e a estatura de 3721 alunos de 2 a 7 anos incompletos.
As crian?as foram estratificadas, segundo a idade, em faixa et?ria 1 (2 a 5 anos incompletos) e faixa et?ria 2 (5 a 7 anos incompletos) e, segundo a regi?o da escola, em zonas norte/oeste e zonas leste/sul, regi?es com menores e maiores ?ndices de qualidade de vida da cidade, respectivamente. Considerou-se como excesso de peso todas as crian?as com IMC ≥ percentil 85, inclusive aquelas com IMC ≥ percentil 95, e
sobrepeso quando IMC ≥ percentil 95. A preval?ncia de excesso de peso encontrada foi 26,5%, sendo 12,4% sobrepeso. Houve maior preval?ncia de excesso de peso nas
escolas privadas e nas zonas leste/sul. O sobrepeso apresentou o mesmo perfil epidemiol?gico, com maior preval?ncia nas escolas privadas e nas zonas leste/sul. A
preval?ncia do excesso de peso em pr?-escolares na Cidade do Natal ? alta e est? relacionada, sobretudo, ?s escolas privadas e ?quelas situadas em regi?es de maior
?ndice de qualidade de vida. Portanto, h? a necessidade de implanta??o de programas de preven??o e controle nas escolas a partir da educa??o infantil, com objetivo de
diminuir e prevenir o excesso de peso e suas poss?veis co-morbidades associadas. Esse projeto de pesquisa atendeu ?s expectativas do PPGCSa/UFRN, que tem, dentre
seus objetivos, promover a inter-rela??o entre diferentes pesquisadores e entre diferentes ?reas do conhecimento, utilizando os conceitos de multi e interdisciplinaridade. Para a realiza??o deste trabalho, houve a intera??o de diversos
profissionais: pediatra, gastroenterologista e nutrologista pedi?trico, endocrinologista pedi?trico, epidemiologista e bioestat?stico, contribuindo para o enriquecimento da
pesquisa e satisfazendo tais rela??es
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:IBICT/oai:repositorio.ufrn.br:123456789/13156 |
| Date | 18 October 2007 |
| Creators | Barreto, Anna Christina do Nascimento Granjeiro |
| Contributors | CPF:44435762404, http://lattes.cnpq.br/3263555213414154, Fisberg, Mauro, CPF:92072127815, http://lattes.cnpq.br/2084196778725842, Schwarzschild, L?cia de F?tima Campos Pedrosa, CPF:17547644449, http://lattes.cnpq.br/1863589790139155, Maranhao, H?lcio de Sousa |
| Publisher | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Ci?ncias da Sa?de, UFRN, BR, Ci?ncias da Sa?de |
| Source Sets | IBICT Brazilian ETDs |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFRN, instname:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, instacron:UFRN |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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