Abstract:

The Bolsa Família Program guarantees the direct transfer of income to families in high socioeconomic vulnerability, linking the need to comply with health and education conditionalities. The objective of this study was to analyze the nutritional status and dietary intake profile of children under 7 years of age, who benefit PBF from the Macedo health unit at Venâncio Aires city-RS. This is a cross-sectional, descriptive and quantitative study that used secondary data from the Sistema de Vigilância Alimentar e Nutricional (SISVAN). The first record of anthropometric and food consumption data was included, from March 2018 to March 2019. The data were tabulated in spreadsheets, using Microsoft Excel for Windows version 2016 and then transferred to a database in the Statistical Packag for the Social Sciences program version 20.0. Of the 49 children, 51,0% (n=25) were eutrophic, 24,5% (n=12) risk of overweight, 16,3% (n=8) overweight and 8,2% (n=4) obesity. Most children under 2 years old ate fruits/vegetables, 91,7% (m=11) consumed iron-rich foods, 83,3% (n=10) ate ultraprocessed foods and 41,7% (n=5) ate foods rich in vitamin A. It was found that of children older than 2 years, 97,3% (n=36) consumed fresh or minimally processed foods and 94,6% (n=35) ingested ultra-processed foods. PBF beneficiary families need the implementation of nutritional intervention programs that provide knowledge about food and stimulate physical activity.

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