Consumo de frutas e vegetais em escolares da rede pública no Sul do Brasil

Cross-sectional study was conducted with 356 schoolchildren from public city of Pelotas, southern Brazil. The objective was to describe the frequency of consumption of fruits and vegetables and its association with sociodemographic and nutritional status. Variables were collected on gender, age and...

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Published in:Archivos latinoamericanos de nutrición 2012-04, Vol.62 (2)
Main Authors: Carla Ribeiro Ciochetto, Silvana Paiva Orlandi, Maria de Fátima Alves Vieira
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
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Fruits
Nutrition
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Summary:Cross-sectional study was conducted with 356 schoolchildren from public city of Pelotas, southern Brazil. The objective was to describe the frequency of consumption of fruits and vegetables and its association with sociodemographic and nutritional status. Variables were collected on gender, age and maternal education. The classification of socioeconomic status was according to the Brazilian Association of Research and nutritional status according to Body Mass Index (Ministry of Health of Brazil). For the evaluation of the consumption of fruits and vegetables Consumption Labels Form of the National Nutritional Surveillance was used. The categorization of frequency of consumption was defined when and how often fruits and vegetables were consumed at least five of the seven days preceding the interview. We used the chisquare test for heterogeneity and linear trend to detect statistically significant differences. Prevalence of frequent use were 42.1% (CI95% 36.9 to 47.3) for fruits and 20.1% (CI95% 16.0 to 24.4) for vegetables. High consumption of fruit was associated with lower age of the students (p=0.022), and linear trend directly with socioeconomic status and maternal education (p
ISSN:0004-0622
2309-5806