Incidência de sobrepeso em crianças de escola pública e particular

Abstract

ncidence of overweight in children public and private schoolsDue to the low level of physical activity and high consumption of processed foods and calories, the number of obese children is increasing. We emphasize that obesity is the increase of adipose tissue in the body and is strongly tied to hormones. In school is where the student beginning to have major stimulus for better nutrition practices, physical activities and orientation for parents. The aim of this study was to compare the level of incidence of overweight among students in public and private schools in different cities. 49 public school students and 28 private school students participated of this study. Were evaluated the skin folds, height, weight and body mass index through the 50th percentile. The study was conducted in association with use of chi-square considering the significance level of 5%. All data were processed in SPSS 13.0. There was no significant difference between students in the classifications: eutrophic (private = 53.6%, public = 51%), risk for overweight (private = 10.7%, public = 10.2%), overweight (private = 10.7 %, public = 8.2%) and underweight (private = 25%, public = 30.6%). For changes happen everyone must participate,parents, teachers and school one depending another with stimulus of healthy eating and physical activity practices guided by a physical education teacher. Can conclude that in this study, social status was not determinant to cause differences in the body classification between the students of public and private schools.