Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso de Especialização
Prevalência de obesidade infantil em uma escola estadual de Serafina Corrêa
Fecha
2015-02-20Autor
Ceccagno, Dioneia
Institución
Resumen
Obesity in children and worrying due to the increased risk in adulthood, and the risks related to it.
This study looked at the prevalence of obesity in children of elementary school of the State School Carneiro De Campos City Serafina Corrêa RS. The sample consisted of 82 children 6-10 years old, 44 girls and 34 boys, for the determination of obesity were used, respectively apetidao Standards for healthy body mass index (BMI) for age proposed by Fernandes Filho, Jose. Where According to the author the first steps to obtain the BMI is the measurement of weight and height. After we conducted a calculation, comforme the formula BMI = weight / height.
The prevalence of obesity was 10 (12%) in the total number of students, and in boys the percentage is 4 (11%) and girls 6 (14%). A higher rates of obesity in women.