Transição nutricional em crianças indígenas: análise a partir do Sistema Brasileiro de Vigilância Alimentar e Nutricional (SISVAN)

Abstract

Introduction: Currently living in Brazil, 817,000 Indians, about 0.4% of the population, distributed 688 indigenous lands and some urban areas, located in almost every state (except Piauí and Rio Grande do Norte), occupying about 15% of the territory national. An analysis of epidemiological and nutritional profile of indigenous peoples reveals that worrying scene, in which children appear to be particularly affected, but that adolescents and adults are not free from the nutritional problems. The phenomenon known as the Nutrition Transition, which was historically associated with high-income populations, has also been observed in low-income populations and traditional populations, as Indigenous, for example. Objective: This study aimed to verify the nutrition transition in under 10 years ago indigenous children from the Brazilian System for Food and Nutrition Surveillance (SISVAN). Methods: The present study is the verification of the prevalence of nutritional risks in indigenous populations from data provided on the basis of records of the National Food and Nutrition Surveillance (SISVAN) for a long time of five years 2008-2012. Database of BMI (Body Mass Index)/Age ( BMI / A ) of Indian children 0-10 years of both sexes were collected. Results: It was observed that both the prevalence of deficit as overweight was higher than expected for healthy populations, on the other hand, there is a tendency to increase in the prevalence of overweight and downward trend in the prevalence of deficit. Conclusion: It was concluded that prevails the phenomenon of nutritional transition in the studied population.