O impacto de um programa de letramento funcional em saúde no estilo de vida de escolares

Abstract

The global increase in overweight and obesity rates also affects children, highlighting the fundamental need to promote healthy habits from childhood. The school emerges as an environment conducive to this implementation, bringing together diverse children in a single location. In this context, this research aimed to investigate the impact of a functional health literacy program among elementary school students. For data collection, pre- and post- intervention assessments were used, covering a battery of PROESP-BR tests and food consumption markers. The interventions were based on functional health literacy. The methodological analysis used standard descriptive statistics for quantitative variables (means and standard deviations or medians and interquartile ranges, depending on the distribution of the variable). The research results demonstrated significant changes, indicating that the intervention had a positive impact on aspects related to body mass index, physical fitness, such as performance in sit-ups and the 6-minute run/walk test. Furthermore, there was an increase in fruit consumption among participants. This study emphasizes the urgency of interventions to reduce childhood obesity and its long-term complications in the school environment.