| Autor: |
de Macêdo SF; Campus Floriano, Universidade Federal do Piauí, PI, Brazil. suyanneefreire@hotmail.com, de Araújo MF, Marinho NP, Lima AC, de Freitas RW, Damasceno MM |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Revista latino-americana de enfermagem [Rev Lat Am Enfermagem] 2010 Sep-Oct; Vol. 18 (5), pp. 936-42. |
| DOI: |
10.1590/s0104-11692010000500014 |
| Abstrakt: |
This study investigates risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus in a population of children in public schools, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. A total of 727 children aged 6 to 11 years old from 12 schools were evaluated between March and June 2008. A form addressing socio-demographic data, body mass index, blood pressure, capillary blood glucose and waist circumference was applied. A total of 54.1% of the children were female, 21.7% were overweight, 6.6% were obese, 27% had central obesity, 6.2% showed altered capillary glucose, and 17% high blood pressure. In relation to risk factors, 53.4% presented no risk factors; 24.3% had at least one factor and 18.8% two risk factors. Nurses can intervene in schools through educational health programs encouraging the adoption of healthy habits and identifying children at risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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