Nutritional status of parents compared to the status of their children attending day care centers in Carapicuiba – SP

Authors

  • Nailton Isbaltar Alves Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo. São Paulo, SP
  • Aline de Araújo Pereira Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo. São Paulo, SP
  • Dayse Evellin Santiago Campos Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo. São Paulo, SP
  • Leslie Andrews Portes Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo. São Paulo, SP
  • Nyvian Alexandre Kutz Universidade de São Paulo. São Paulo, SP
  • Marcia Maria Hernandes de Abreu de Oliveira Salgueiro Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo. São Paulo, SP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v12i3.1371

Keywords:

Children, Parents, Education, Eating habits, Nutritional status.

Abstract

Eating habits are initiated in childhood and at home, where parents are responsible for feeding the child, even before school. The present study aimed to associate the nutritional status of children attending three day care centers in the city of Carapicuiba, State of São Paulo, Brazil, with nutritional status, food consumption, economic class and schooling of their parents. Anthropometric data were collected from parents and their children, as well as sociodemographic and food consumption data. All analyzes were performed using the statistical package SPSS 22 and GraphPad Prism version 6.0 and the results were considered statistically different when p < 5%. The results reveal a high prevalence of overweight in children and parents. The nutritional status of the children is significantly associated with the eating habits of the parents. It should be remembered that dietary habits are indicators of protection and risk for chronic non-communicable diseases.

Author Biographies

Nailton Isbaltar Alves, Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo. São Paulo, SP

Graduação em Nutrição pelo Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo.

Aline de Araújo Pereira, Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo. São Paulo, SP

Graduação em Nutrição pelo Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo.

Dayse Evellin Santiago Campos, Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo. São Paulo, SP

Graduação em Nutrição pelo Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo.

Leslie Andrews Portes, Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo. São Paulo, SP

Mestrado em Ciências Médicas e Biológicas pela Universidade Federal de São Paulo.

Nyvian Alexandre Kutz, Universidade de São Paulo. São Paulo, SP

Graduação em Nutrição pelo Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo.

Marcia Maria Hernandes de Abreu de Oliveira Salgueiro, Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo. São Paulo, SP

Doutorado em Saúde Pública pela Universidade de São Paulo.

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Published

2018-09-25

How to Cite

Alves, N. I., Pereira, A. de A., Campos, D. E. S., Portes, L. A., Kutz, N. A., & Salgueiro, M. M. H. de A. de O. (2018). Nutritional status of parents compared to the status of their children attending day care centers in Carapicuiba – SP. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v12i3.1371

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 3 (2018)

Section

Original articles

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