Revista Brasileira de Obesidade, Nutrição e Emagrecimento

Number 40, 2013

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RBONE

Authors: Antonio Coppi Navarro

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ALEITAMENTO MATERNO, A INTRODUÇÃO DA ALIMENTAÇÃO COMPLEMENTAR E SUA RELAÇÃO COM A OBESIDADE INFANTIL

Authors: Elizandra Cadoná Vicari

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Introduction: Breast milk is the most important food for babies up to six months of life, then feeding should be gradually complemented with healthy foods and breastfeeding should be encouraged until two years or more. Besides providing numerous benefits to the health of babies, the advantages of breastfeeding extend throughout life and contribute in promoting a proper growth and development and preventing many diseases including obesity. Objective: This work presents a literature review on the topic: breastfeeding, introduction of complementary foods and their relationship to childhood obesity. Literature review: we conducted a search of scientific papers through the internet, using Google scholar and the references of the articles found, the key words used were: breastfeeding, complementary feeding and childhood obesity. The research included the period was from 2000 to 2012.Conclusions: the practice of exclusive breastfeeding until six months of age and after the introduction of appropriate complementary feeding and maintaining up to two years or more is considered the healthiest eating habits that stage of life. Breastfeeding may have a protective effect against childhood obesity. Key words: Breastfeeding, Complementary feeding, Child obesity.

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NÍVEL DE ATIVIDADE FÍSICA E ESTADO NUTRICIONAL EM ESCOLARES DO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL

Authors: Angélica Janaina Schwartz, Melissa Schirmer, Eliana Santini, Adilson Domingos dos Reis Filho

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Thus, the present study aimed to evaluate the level of physical activity and nutritional status in adolescents from a private school in the city of Cuiabá-MT. Participants were 27 students of both sexes (male n=16, age 12.4±0.9 years) and (female n=11, age 12.5±0.8 years) enrolled between 6 and 9 years elementary school. The level of physical activity was assessed using the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children (PAQ-C) and nutritional status according to the Body Mass Index (BMI). On average, the percentiles for BMI were at levels of eutrophication, for both boys (74.1±25.8) and for females (54.9±31.5) p=0.09. Regarding the PAQ-C levels were verified sedentary for boys (2.9±0.6) and girls (2.5±0.4) p=0.14, as the time allotted to watch television, was significant difference (p=0.02) between boys (2.6±1.6 hours/day) and girls (1.4±0.8 hours/day). There was a higher prevalence of overweight (n=6, 37.5%) and obese (n=3, 18.8%) in boys than in girls (n=2, 18.2%) and (n=1; 9,1%), overweight and obesity, respectively. Our results also denotes a higher prevalence of physical inactivity among boys (n=10, 62.5%) and girls (n=9, 81.8%). According to the results, it is concluded that the sedentary lifestyle favored major change in the nutritional status of most of the volunteers in this study, thus suggest better control food, as well as the increase in energy expenditure in leisure activities. Key words: Physical Activity, Body Mass Index, Adolescente.