SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL, NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND GROSS MOTOR COORDINATION OF SCHOOLCHILDREN WITH 6-10 YEARS IN AMAZONIAN

ABSTRACT

The objective of this study was compare the socioeconomic level, nutritional status and gross motor coordination of schoolchildren 6-10 years of different districts in the Tucuruı-PA city. 102 schoolchildren 6-10 years of both genres in different districts, namely: female: Villa Group, n = 14 (7.3 ± 0.8 years); City group, n = 32 (± 8.3 years) and male: Villa Group, n = 24 (8.3 ± 1.06 years); City group, n = 32 (8.1 ± 1.1 years) participated in this study. Korperkoodinationtest fur Kinder (KTK) protocol to evaluate the gross motor coordination, the Criterion of Economic Classification Brazil and the Waterlow classification were used. The Student's T and U Mann-Whitney tests were used for statistical analysis. The socioeconomic level showed differences (p <0.05) where "Villa Groups" with a class B1 and "City Groups" Class D. Differences (p <0.05) were only observed to strength tests between males: single leg and agility; and females: agility in favor of Vila Groups. In the nutritional status, "Vila Groups" also showed the best results (p <0.05) for males: mass/age, height/age, mass/height; and to females: weight/age; and height/age. The "Village Groups" with the best socioeconomic conditions, showed the best results for nutritional status and strength for males and females.

Keywords:
Socioeconomic level; Nutritional status; Child health