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ARTIGO ARTICLE

Estado nutricional e tempo de tela de escolares da Rede Pública de Ensino Fundamental de
Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Nutritional status and screen time among public school students in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro State,
Brazil
Estado nutricional y tiempo de pantalla de escolares de la red pública de enseñanza fundamental de Niterói, Río de Janeiro,
Brasil

Marcelo Barros de Vasconcellos 1,2
Luiz Antonio dos Anjos 1,2
Mauricio Teixeira Leite de Vasconcellos 3

Abstract
Programa de Pós-graduação em Saúde Coletiva,
Universidade Federal
Fluminense, Niterói, Brasil.
2 Departamento de Nutrição
Social, Universidade Federal
Fluminense, Niterói, Brasil.
3 Escola Nacional de Ciências
Estatísticas, Instituto
Brasileiro de Geografia e
Estatística, Rio de Janeiro,
Brasil.
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Correspondência
L. A. Anjos
Laboratório de Avaliação
Nutricional e Funcional,
Departamento de Nutrição
Social, Universidade Federal
Fluminense.
Rua Mário Santos Braga 30,
Niterói, RJ 24020-140, Brasil. [e-mail] Resumo

The aim of this study was to assess nutritional status, sedentary behavior (TV, computer, and videogame time and screen time as the sum of these first three) and physical activity using a questionnaire with youth (10 to 18 years of age) enrolled in public schools in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Anthropometry (body mass and stature), sedentary behavior, and information on physical activity were obtained in a probability sample of 10 to 18 year-old students (n =
328; 108 boys) stratified by school and selected in two stages (classes and students). Low height for age did not appear as a problem, but 25.7% of the youth presented excess weight (18% overweight and 7.7% obese). Total screen time did not differ between the sexes, but boys spent more time playing videogames than girls, regardless of age, while girls watched more TV. Boys spent twice as much time as girls of all ages in physical activity