PERFIL NUTRICIONAL DE CRIANÇAS E ADOLESCENTES BENEFICIADAS PELO PROGRAMA BOLSA FAMÍLIA EM NOVA LIMA-MG.

The objective of this study was to describe the nutritional profile of children and adolescents benefited by the Bolsa Família Program in Nova Lima / MG. This is an ecological study with data from the Information Record of the Nutritional Status of Program Beneficiaries included in the Food and Nutrition Surveillance System provided by the SUS's Department of Informatics. A total of 4,935 children and adolescents were found, of which 2,868 were female. It was found that 76.1% of the study population was classified in the Nutritional Status Index as eutrophic, 9.7% with nutritional risk (≥3rd percentile <10th percentile), 7.3% with risk of overweight (≥97th percentile), 5.5% with low weight (≥0.1 percentile <percentile 3rd) and 1.4 % with very low weight (<0.1 percentile). It is concluded that the majority of children and adolescents are eutrophic. There is a lack of supervision in the transfer of data, nevertheless, the Program achieves its purpose of assisting the most needy families and provides a better quality of life for the target public. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]