Comparação do estado nutricional de escolares matriculados na rede pública de ensino da periferia e do centro da cidade de Assis-SP

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Objective – Assess the nutritional status of schoolchildren and the periphery of the town center the Assis-SP. Methods – Field study with 244 students from two schools, aged 5 years and 4 months to 13 years and 6 months, of both genders, enrolled in school in the periphery and the center of the 1st to 5th grade of elementary school of municipal schools. The nutritional evaluation was performed by measuring the weight, the height, through indicators BMI / I, P / I and E / I. The nutritional status was compared to standards escore-z recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). Results – According to the BMI/I the students of the periphery and downtown exhibit respectively 2.46% and 0% underweight, 72.13% and 55.74% eutrophic, and 25.41% and 44.26% overweight. Looking at the P/I, 10.2%of the students are from the periphery with overweight comparing with their age and 32.08% of students from downtown are in the same condition. Conclusions – There a difference in nutritional status between the groups analyzed, mainly related to overweight, It may be noted that the highest prevalence among schoolchildren of the downtown, which could be explained by more favorable socioeconomic conditions this population.