Estado nutricional em adolescentes: estudo associativo entre pais e filhos

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the nutritional status of adolescents is associated with: a) the nutritional status of the parents, b) self perception of nutritional status, c) the perception of teenagers on the nutritional status of the parents, and d) the perception of parents on the nutritional status of adolescents. Methods: Cross-sectional school-based study with 1041 students between 11 and 17 years. To analyze the association between nutritional status of schoolchildren and the independent variables, the chi-square test for trend was used. For the analyzes of association adjusted binary logistic regression was used with the nutritional status of school dichotomized in eutrophic and overweight / obesity. For all analyzes was taken into account a confidence interval of 95% (95% CI) and a significance level of 5%. Results: Results: The classification of nutritional status of school children showed that almost a third of the sample had excess body weight. The bivariate analysis between the nutritional status of schoolchildren and the independent variables shows that teens have good perception of their nutritional status, and that fathers and mothers have good understanding of the nutritional status of their children. Adjusting the data analyzed by sex, age and socioeconomic status, only the adolescents' perception about the nutritional status of father and mother is not associated with nutritional status. Conclusion: This study shows that adolescents have adequate perception of their nutritional status and that fathers, mothers also have adequate perception of the nutritional status of their children.