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Revista Argentina de Salud Pública
versión impresa ISSN 1852-8724versión On-line ISSN 1853-810X
Resumen
CONCILIO, María Celeste. Nutritional status of the population under the School Health program in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires in 2015. Rev. argent. salud pública [online]. 2020, vol.12, pp.11-11. Epub 21-Sep-2020. ISSN 1852-8724.
INTRODUCTION
The School Health program of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA, in Spanish) performs a systematic and annual health control at the initial, primary and middle levels in all state-run schools. The objective of this study was to describe the nutritional status of children attending public educational establishments in CABA in 2015 and their relationship with age, sex, educational level, health coverage, geographical distribution and type of food benefits offered.
METHODS
Descriptive, transversal design. The 2015 databases of said program were used, analyzing 57.091 cases.
RESULTS
Malnutrition due to excess was found in 43.57% of schoolchildren (25.04% overweight, 14.51% obesity and 4.02% severe obesity). The low weight and the short height were present in a low magnitude (1.53% and 3.46%, respectively). Excess weight increased proportionally with age until the end of primary school, and then decreased at the secondary level. It was associated to the male sex, to the population of schools in the southern part of the city and without health coverage. No relationship was found with food over-assistance.
DISCUSSION
This study helps to corroborate that overweight and obesity together are an important and growing public health problem in this population and contribute to nutritional epidemiological surveillance to review and propose future actions.
Palabras clave : Nutritional status; Students children; Pediatric obesity.