Health surveillance in day-care centers: analysis of nutritional status in children under two years old

Abstract

Objective: to evaluate the nutritional status of assisted children in municipal public daycare centers. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, carried out with 137 children between zero and 24 months old., The anthropometric measures recommended by the Ministry of Health were used for data collection, including height, weight, and body mass index, and, descriptive and inferential statistics were used for analysis. Results: more than half of the children were eutrophic (70.7%), but 24.1% were overweight, most of them were male. Pictures of thinness (5.2%) were also identified in children between six and 24 months old. Conclusion: the results of the nutritional evaluation indicate a trend towards reduction of malnutrition rates and elevation of overweight in childhood, which reinforces the importance of anthropometric evaluation in the identification of nutritional alterations in children using daycare centers. Descriptors: Nutritional Surveillance; Nutritional Status; Child Health.Objetivo: avaliar o estado nutricional de crianças assistidas em creches públicas municipais. Métodos: pesquisa transversal realizada com 137 crianças entre zero e 24 meses. Para coleta de dados, utilizaram-se as medidas antropométricas preconizadas pelo Ministério da Saúde, incluindo estatura, peso e índice de massa corporal, e, para análise, as estatísticas descritiva e inferencial. Resultados: mais da metade das crianças apresentaram-se eutróficas (70,7%), porém 24,1% delas apresentaram sobrepeso, sendo a maioria do sexo masculino. Quadros de magreza (5,2%) também foram identificados em crianças entre os seis e 24 meses. Conclusão: os resultados da avaliação nutricional sinalizam para a tendência de redução das taxas de desnutrição e elevação do sobrepeso na infância, o que reforça a importância da avaliação antropométrica na identificação de alterações nutricionais em crianças usuárias de creches.

Vigilância do desenvolvimento de crianças em creche: um estudo sobre o olhar materno

“…Therefore, daycare professionals must be alert to the promotion of child development. For this, FHS professionals must promote care actions in the daycare center based on comprehensiveness; among them, conducting educational health practices for caregivers and daycare center managers, parents and guardians, especially for children identified with some alteration and/or risks in growth 5 and development.…”

“…These spaces allow for the identification of risk factors for developmental delays; among them, socioeconomic level, housing, schooling of parents/caregivers, and child vulnerability. 5 The expressive growth in the insertion of children in early childhood education centers is evident, 6 with an increase of 84.6% in the number of enrollments in Brazilian daycare centers in the last eight years, 7 following the worldwide trend that had a growth of 64.0% in enrollments between 1999 and 2012. 6 However, in order to be a favorable environment for children's development, daycare centers must offer quality services capable of promoting CDS.…”

“…In addition to that, in the practice it is perceived that the mothers do not usually take their children who attend the CREIs to the childcare consultation, corroborating a study that highlights that the failure to attend childcare consultations in the Family Health Strategy (FHS) is a problem among children enrolled in daycare centers, which can compromise the monitoring of their development. 5 In addition, the role of the mothers in promoting healthy child development is highlighted, given that the child's interaction with them shapes their experiences. The child interacts with the family and the community, including the daycare center.…”

Proposta De Cardápio Escolar Semanal De Custo Mínimo Para Crianças Em Uma Creche Municipal Pública

“…Torquato et al (2018) avaliaram o estado nutricional de crianças assistidas em creches públicas municipais. Tendência de redução das taxas de desnutrição e elevação do sobrepeso na infância foram reportados.…”