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Overweight in Goiás'quilombola students and food insecurity in their families

2014; PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE CAMPINAS; Volume: 27; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/1415-52732014000400002

1678-9865

Mariana de Morais Cordeiro, Estelamaris Tronco Mônego, Karine Anusca Martins,

Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations

Objective: To characterize the nutritional status of quilombola students and determine the food security status of their households. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with students aged six to nineteen years from quilombola communities in twelve municipalities of Goiás categorized by age, gender, school location (urban/rural), and nutritional status based on the World Health Organization's height-for-age and body mass index for-age charts. The Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale was used for measuring food (in)security in their families. Descriptive and association analyses were conducted using the Chi-square test at a significance level of 5% (p<0.05). Results: In a sample of 226 students, overweight (17.2%) was more common than malnutrition (1.3%), especially in students attending urban schools (28.2%) (p<0.05). Most (75.2%) quilombola families experienced food insecurity, especially mild. Conclusion: The apparent contradiction of excess weight and food insecurity occurring simultaneously indicates the need of revising the study instruments and the causal network that identify poverty.