Qualidade da dieta de pré-escolares do município de Aracaju/SE : adaptação e aplicabilidade do Revised Children's Diet Quality Index (RC-DQI)

• Ano de defesa: 2011
• Autor(a) principal: Lacerdas, Doriane da Conceição
• Orientador(a): Gurgel, Ricardo Queiroz
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Sergipe
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Nutrição; Pré-escolar; Dieta; Qualidade da dieta
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Nutrition; Pre-school; Diet; Diet quality
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE
• Link de acesso: https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/3702

Adjust and apply the Revised Children s Diet Quality Index (RC-DQI) to evaluate the quality of pre-school student s diet in Aracaju /SE. Cross-sectional ) study with 910 pre-school students of both genders with age between 2 years and 6 years and 11 months, registered in municipal schools of Aracaju/SE. The charactheristics of the population were obtained through questionaries and food consumption was determined by 24 hours recording method. The diet quality was evaluated by an adjusted RC-DQI. The statistical test of Kolmogorov-Smirnov verified the normal distribution of variables, and the Pearson correlation checked the relation between the components of RC-DQI and the nutrient ingestion and the Kruskal Wallis verified the difference between the quartile. The statistical significance stabilished was of p <0,05. The RC-DQI average was of 58,95 points. The quartiles with best diet quality presented the higher ingestion of nutrients. A minimal score was found for fruits (61,2%), vegetables (75,1%) and children that were older and had more individuals per family presented the lowest diet quality. Families with higher incomes presented higher diet quality. The index showed that the diet quality needs enhancements (total score 58,95) and also showed a correlation between family income, structure, children s age and number of individuals in the same family.