Resumen de Relação do estado nutricional de alunos e de pais de uma escola privada na zona sul de São Paulo

Márcia Maria Hernandes de Abreu de Oliveira Salgueiro, Antonio Fernando Teixeira Farias, Natália Miranda da Silva, Nyvian Alexandre Kutz, Leslie Andrews Portes, Joas Soares Lauriano

• English

  Introduction and objective: The selection of foods chosen by children is part of a complex system that is influenced by the parents and cultural and social practices of the group to which they belong. The objective of this study was to relate the nutritional status of elementary school students with schooling, socioeconomic class, food consumption, nutritional knowledge and nutritional status of the parents of a private school in the south of São Paulo. Material and Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study with 61 students and parents. The assessment of weight and height of students followed the criteria established by the World Health Organization. Data were collected on socioeconomic class, schooling, food consumption, nutritional knowledge, weight and height of the parents, through a structured questionnaire. Results and Discussion: Predominant socioeconomic class B, 57% of parents with more than 9 years of schooling, food consumption indicating that they need attention and moderate nutritional knowledge. Overweight was found in 33% of the students, 51% of the mothers and 72% of the parents. There was a positive correlation between the body weight and the BMI of the mothers with that of the children (r = 0.37, p = 0.004) and (r = 0.33, p = 0.010), respectively. Conclusion: The nutritional status of the students was not related to schooling, socioeconomic class, food consumption and nutritional knowledge of the parentes, but with the nutritional status of the mothers, where the body weight and the Body Mass Index of the mothers influenced the increase of the body weight and the Body Mass Index of the children.

• português

  Introdução e objetivo: A seleção dos alimentos escolhidos pelas crianças faz parte de um sistema complexo que é influenciado pelos pais e por práticas culturais e sociais do grupo a que pertencem. O objetivo desse estudo foi relacionar o estado nutricional de alunos do ensino fundamental I com a escolaridade, classe socioeconômica, consumo alimentar, conhecimento em nutrição e estado nutricional dos pais de uma escola privada na zona sul de São Paulo. Material e Métodos: Estudo transversal descritivo com 61 alunos e pais. A avaliação do peso e altura dos alunos seguiu os critérios estabelecidos pela Organização Mundial da Saúde. Foram coletados dados sobre classe socioeconômica, escolaridade, consumo alimentar, conhecimento nutricional, peso e altura dos pais, através de um questionário estruturado. Resultados e Discussão: Predominou classe socioeconômica B, 57% dos pais com mais de 9 anos de escolaridade, consumo alimentar indicando que necessitam de atenção e moderado conhecimento nutricional. O excesso de peso foi verificado em 33% dos alunos, 51% das mães e 72% dos pais. Houve correlação positiva entre o peso corporal e o IMC das mães com o dos filhos (r = 0,37, p = 0,004) e (r = 0,33, p = 0,010), respectivamente. Conclusão: O estado nutricional dos alunos não se relacionou com a escolaridade, classe socioeconômica, consumo alimentar e conhecimento nutricional dos pais, mas com o estado nutricional das mães, onde o peso corporal e o Índice de Massa Corporal das mães influenciaram o aumento do peso corporal e o Índice de Massa Corporal dos filhos. ABSTRACT Relation of the nutritional status of students and parents of a private school in the south zone of São PauloIntroduction and objective: The selection of foods chosen by children is part of a complex system that is influenced by the parents and cultural and social practices of the group to which they belong. The objective of this study was to relate the nutritional status of elementary school students with schooling, socioeconomic class, food consumption, nutritional knowledge and nutritional status of the parents of a private school in the south of São Paulo. Material and Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study with 61 students and parents. The assessment of weight and height of students followed the criteria established by the World Health Organization. Data were collected on socioeconomic class, schooling, food consumption, nutritional knowledge, weight and height of the parents, through a structured questionnaire. Results and Discussion: Predominant socioeconomic class B, 57% of parents with more than 9 years of schooling, food consumption indicating that they need attention and moderate nutritional knowledge. Overweight was found in 33% of the students, 51% of the mothers and 72% of the parents. There was a positive correlation between the body weight and the BMI of the mothers with that of the children (r = 0.37, p = 0.004) and (r = 0.33, p = 0.010), respectively. Conclusion: The nutritional status of the students was not related to schooling, socioeconomic class, food consumption and nutritional knowledge of the parentes, but with the nutritional status of the mothers, where the body weight and the Body Mass Index of the mothers influenced the increase of the body weight and the Body Mass Index of the children.