Timing of school meals as a predisposing factor for childhood overweight and obesity

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dc.citation.issue2
dc.citation.volume73
dc.contributor.authorPandolfi, Marcela Maria
dc.contributor.authorArmond, Jane de Eston
dc.contributor.authorNovo, Neil Ferreira [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorFrança, Carolina Nunes [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorColombo-Souza, Patricia
dc.coverageHoboken
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-22T13:23:15Z
dc.date.available2020-07-22T13:23:15Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractAims: Childhood obesity is emerging as a relevant public health concern because a significant proportion of obese children will become obese in adulthood. The prevalence of childhood and adolescent obesity has increased in developed and developing nations. This study aimed to verify the prevalence of overweight and obesity in schoolchildren from primary schools in an urban-rural peripheral region of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with 2039 6- to 10-year-old children. The body mass index in z-scores (BMI z-score) were measured and tested for possible associations between variables such as gender, age, school grade and time of day. Results: The average age of the children was 8.5 years. We found a higher frequency of overweight children (16.4%) than obese children. There were no differences observed between schools. In the overweight group, we found higher z-scores in children from the first and third grades and no differences in the obese group. Moreover, the BMI z-score was higher in the overweight children in the first time of day and for the obese children in the third time of day. Conclusions: The children studied in the third time of day (3-7 p.m.) had a high BMI z-score. Being overweight was more prevalent than obesity in children. Moreover, the frequency of obesity in boys was higher than in girls. Anthropometric surveillance of obesity and lifestyle changes are necessary to control excessive weight gain in childhood.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv Santo Amaro UNISA, Post Grad Program Hlth Sci, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationFed Univ Sao Paulo UNIFESP, Translat Surg, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationFed Univ Sao Paulo UNIFESP, Div Cardiol, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespFed Univ Sao Paulo UNIFESP, Translat Surg, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespFed Univ Sao Paulo UNIFESP, Div Cardiol, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.sourceWeb of Science
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.format.extent190-196
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1747-0080.12200
dc.identifier.citationNutrition & Dietetics. Hoboken, v. 73, n. 2, p. 190-196, 2016.
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/1747-0080.12200
dc.identifier.issn1446-6368
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/56117
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000375061700011
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell
dc.relation.ispartofNutrition & Dietetics
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subjectanthropometryen
dc.subjectChildrenen
dc.subjectobesityen
dc.subjectoverweight Childrenen
dc.subjectschool-aged Childrenen
dc.titleTiming of school meals as a predisposing factor for childhood overweight and obesityen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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