INGESTÃO DE BEBIDAS GASEIFICADAS POR ESCOLARES DE SEIS ANOS NO MUNICÍPIO DE VARGINHA

Abstract

Objective: to evaluate the consumption of gas drinks and the correlation of the Body Mass Index - BMI in the six years-old children of a municipal public school in Varginha/MG. Method: The sample consisted of 149 participants with a 6-year age group of both sexes, of which 70 were female and 79 were male, students from the Municipal School José Augusto de Paiva, located in Varginha/MG. The instrument for the investigation of the consumption of carbonated drinks was a questionnaire in which participants indicated, on each day of the week, whether they ingested soda After data collection, the software Microsoft Excel 2010 was used to post the information obtained, and then the data on the comparison of the consumption of carbonated drinks and the correlation of the Body Mass Index - BMI in children of six years by software SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences versão 22.0. Results: the results showed that there was no correlation between the BMI and the consumption of the carbonated beverage, since the participants did not have the habit of consuming gas drinks. Conclusion: It was concluded that there was no correlation between the BMI and the consumption of the beverage, mainly because in the school where the research was carried out, there is nutritional orientation through lectures, games and discussions about the harmful effects of the refrigerant and the consequences of feeding properly.