Nutricional status and associated factors of low stature in children attended by a regular school of integral time

Authors

  • Sabrynna Orlonski Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa; Departamento de Educação Física
  • Rodolfo André Dellagrana Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Cassiano Ricardo Rech Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa; Departamento de Educação Física
  • Eliane Denise da Silveira Araújo Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa; Departamento de Educação Física

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7322/jhgd.19902

Keywords:

nutritional status, anthropometry, children, overweight, growth insufficiency

Abstract

The aim of the present study is to analyze the nutrition status and the associated factors of low stature in children between four and ten years old. It is a transversal study that evaluated 335 students attended by a regular school of integral time of Ponta Grossa, in 2008. The nutritional status was determinated through weight/height and height/age indices. The medium age is 7.7 years old. 0.9% of the children presented malnourishment, 6.9% presented low stature and 27.8% presented overweight. The analysis was making with just one variation and demonstrated that the low stature is related to the variables: low weight when children were born (RP=2.59, IC95% 1.02 - 4.12), mothers with a little education level (RP= 2.12 IC95% 1.54 - 3.18), low economical and social level (RP= 2. 36, IC95% 2.26 - 4.46). The variables sex, age, number of brothers and number of people at home weren't associated with the low stature (p<0.05). This study concluded that happened a big overweight prevalence, the condition, weight when children were born and mothers educational level.

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Published

2009-04-01

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 1 (2009)

Section

Original Research

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