Excesso de peso e fatores associados em crianças de 12 a 59 meses

• Ano de defesa: 2014
• Autor(a) principal: Castro, Hérica Letícia Oliveira
• Orientador(a): Peixoto, Maria do Rosário Gondim
• Banca de defesa: Jaime, Patrícia Constante, Monego, Estelamaris Tronco, Peixoto, Maria do Rosário Gondim
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• dARK ID: ark:/38995/0013000001wz6
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Goiás
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-graduação em Nutrição e Saúde (FANUT)
• Departamento: Faculdade de Nutrição - FANUT (RG)
• País: Brasil
• Palavras-chave em Português: Sobrepeso; Obesidade; Lactente; Pré-escolar
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Overweight; Obesity; Infant; Preschool
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::NUTRICAO
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/3623

Childhood obesity is one of the most serious issues concerning the early 21st century public health. Recent studies carried out with children under five years old in some Brazilian capitals have revealed excess weight prevalence higher than 10%. Factor associated with excess weight for children at such ages have not been clearly established yet. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence and factors associated to overweight children through a demographic, house-hold survey, cross-sectional study carried out with 12 to 59-month-old 624 children resident in the urban area of Goiânia, GO. The excess weight was established through Body Mass Index for age higher than two z-scores above the average anthropometric standard by World Health Organization. The independent variables studied were: economy class, maternal education level, maternal obesity, birth weight, time spent watching television, habit of eating in front of the television, breast feeding and number of meals The analysis regarding the association of independent variables with excess weight was conducted through raw data logistic regression and multiple logistic regression according to hierarchical model. The measure for association was the Odds Ratio, 95% confidence interval. Variables presenting 5% significance level remained in the final model. Percentages were 10.7% for the prevalence of excess weight and 20.9% for the risk of overweight. Factors associated with excess weight were economy class A/B (OR = 1.73; IC 95% 1.09; 2.74) and time spent in front of the television greater than or equal to three hours (OR = 1.85; IC95% 1.00; 3.41). The prevalence of excess weight was high, children from economy classes A/B as well as children who spend greater time in front of the television presented the highest percentages. Strategies to reverse this scenario should involve improved nutritional care in order to promote healthy eating habits and encourage a less sedentary lifestyle.