Bmi Of Adolescents And Correlation Between School Meals And Obesity
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Body mass index of adolescents and correlation between school feedingand obesity.
The aim of the study was to evaluate the nutritional status and the correlation between school feeding, obesity and eating habits of students at a public school in the state of Minas Gerais. Nutritional status was assessed using the Body Mass Index (BMI), which was classified in the BMI curves for age of the World Health Organization (WHO). To evaluate the food consumption were used the the Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ), which is one of the most used methods in epidemiological studies. The data was analyzed using theNUT WIN®Software. the student t test was performed for variables with normal distribution, and the Mann Whitney test for variables without normal distribution, where P <0.05 was considered statistically significant. this research showed that School Meals together with the diet can contribute to weight gain, overweight and obesity.
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