Incidência de obesidade de alunos do colégio estadual castelo branco em Trindade - Goiás

Abstract

The present study aims to identify the incidence of obesity and overweight in a state school students in Trinidad. The choice of this topic is relevant because of obesity, today have a very high incidence. And these obese people have a high rate of complications to your health. Affecting an increasing number of people and also early. The monitoring of the nutritionist in an attempt to improve the rates of obesity may decrease the risks of various types of secondary diseases. And the best time to do the education, prevention and diagnosis in childhood. We conducted a descriptive study with a quantitative approach and analysis based on simple statistics. The sample consisted of 521 students from White Castle State College, located in the city of Trindade - Goiás Therefore, through nutritional assessment conducted with the students, the data revealed that there is a high incidence of overweight students who can afford to ease obesity.