A AVALIAÇÃO ANTROPOMÉTRICA EM CRIANÇAS TEM SIDO REALIZADA NAS ESCOLAS PARA A PREVENÇÃO DO SOBREPESO E OBESIDADE?

HAS THE ANTHROPOMETRIC ASSESSMENT BEEN PERFORMED TO PREVENT THE OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN CHILDREN AT SCHOOL?

PREVENTION of childhood obesity; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILDREN'S health; CHILD nutrition; COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL personnel; PHYSICAL education; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; TEACHER-student relationships; TEACHERS; STATISTICAL significance; PATIENTS' families; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; EVALUATION; CHILDREN

The Brazilian population is stopping suffering about the child malnutrition but still suffering with the crescent incidence of overweight and obesity in this population. About this the purpose of this study was to investigate whether anthropometric measurements (AA) are being held in schools for physical education teacher and what he has done in possession of the results of these evaluations. 35 school physical education teachers being 17 of public schools and 18 of particular schools answered an objective questionnaire. There was no significant difference (p > 0.05) between the frequency response as the use or not of AA from public (35.3%) and private schools (50%). However, only 29.4 and 27.8% of teachers in public and private schools, respectively, returned assessment reports to parents and students, and these frequency of responses did not differ (p < 0.05). In conclusion, the results show that most public school teachers (64.7%) and half (50%) of private schools do not perform AA in their students and do not return the results to parents and students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A população brasileira está deixando de sofrer com a desnutrição infantil. No entanto, sofre com um aumento da incidência de sobrepeso (SP) e da obesidade (OB). Assim, o objetivo deste estudo foi investigar se avaliações antropométricas (AA) estão sendo realizadas nas escolas pelo professor de Educação Física e se ele retorna o relatório dessas avaliações ao aluno. Para tanto, 35 professores de Educação Física escolar, sendo 17 de escolas públicas e 18 de escolas particulares, responderam a um questionário objetivo. Não houve diferença significativa (p > 0,05) entre as frequências de resposta quanto à utilização ou não das AA entre as escolas públicas (35,3%) e particulares (50%). No entanto, apenas 29,4% e 27,8% dos professores das escolas públicas e particulares, respectivamente, reportaram repassar os relatórios das avaliações aos pais e alunos, sendo que essas frequências de respostas não diferiram entre si (p < 0,05). Em conclusão, os resultados apontam que a maior parte dos professores de escola pública (64,7%) e a metade (50%) das escolas particulares não realizam AA em seus alunos, bem como não retornam os resultados aos pais e alunos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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