Publications by authors named "Vanessa Guimaraes Cezimbra"
Trends in the prevalence of obesity, overweight, and thinness among schoolchildren aged 7-14 years from southern Brazil (2002-2019).
Am J Hum Biol
April 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to analyze trends in obesity, overweight, and thinness among Brazilian schoolchildren, focusing on differences by sex, age, and type of school using WHO and IOTF criteria.
- Conducted between 2002 and 2018/19, the surveys revealed a significant increase in obesity prevalence among children, particularly in public schools, with rates rising by 72% (IOTF) and 44% (WHO) over the period.
- The findings indicate that obesity is becoming more common, especially among children from public schools, while the prevalence of thinness did not significantly decrease during the same time span.
Methodological aspects and characteristics of participants in the study on the prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents in Florianópolis, Southern Brazil, 2018-2019: EPOCA study.
Ann Epidemiol
January 2023
Purpose: To describe the methodological aspects and characteristics of the participants of the EPOCA survey.
Methods: The study was conducted with schoolchildren aged between seven to 14 years old from 30 schools in Florianópolis, Southern Brazil. Body mass, height, girths, and skinfold thicknesses were measured.
Omission of breakfast starts at school age and can be explained as a reflection of the independent behaviour acquired in this phase of life. Breakfast has been investigated for its association with healthier diet quality, but few studies have investigated this relationship in schoolchildren aged 7 to 13 years. The objective of this study was to assess breakfast consumption in schoolchildren aged 7 to 13 years and to examine associations with dietary patterns (DPs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to identify meal and snack patterns in Brazilian schoolchildren and assess their stability over 3 years. This is a repeated cross-sectional study carried out in 2013, 2014 and 2015 with 6353 schoolchildren aged 7-12 years from public schools in Florianópolis, Brazil. Previous-day food consumption data for six pre-defined meals (breakfast, mid-morning snack, lunch, mid-afternoon snack, dinner and evening snack) were collected using the validated Web-CAAFE (Food Consumption and Physical Activity of Schoolchildren) questionnaire.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim of the current study was to identify and describe the meal and snack patterns (breakfast, mid-morning snack, lunch, mid-afternoon snack, dinner and evening snack) of public schoolchildren.
Design: Cross-sectional study. Information on the previous day's food intake was obtained through the Web-CAAFE (Food Intake and Physical Activity of Schoolchildren), an interactive questionnaire, which divides daily food consumption into three meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) and three snacks (mid-morning, mid-afternoon and evening).
Objectives: To assess the association between sleep period time and dietary patterns (DPs) in Brazilian schoolchildren aged 7-13 years.
Methods: Sleep data of 1019 children were obtained from a questionnaire completed by parents/guardians. Food consumption, physical activity, and screen-based activity were assessed through the validated Web-CAAFE questionnaire.
Introduction: The Food Intake and Physical Activity of School Children (Web-CAAFE) is an online questionnaire developed to monitor the diet and physical activity of Brazilian schoolchildren. The study aimed to evaluate the effect of the day of the week and the number of applications on Web-CAAFE reproducibility.
Methods: Schoolchildren in grades 2 to 5 of two municipal schools in Florianópolis (n = 197) filled out the Web-CAAFE twice in the same day, of which 113 filled out the instrument in three non-consecutive days.