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Introduction: Obesity in childrenis currently considered a major problem of modern society.This evil reaches elevated portion of the child population and is considered a risk factor for the development of hypertension. Aim: To identify the prevalence of overweight and obesity inschool children, and verifyits relation ship with blood pressure. Materials and methods: Were evaluated 56 children, students of a public school in Uba-MG, aged between 8 and 10 years. For the determination of overweight and obesity, we used the body mass index (BMI) and, in addition, the auscultatory method for measuring blood pressure. Student's ttest was used to compare the average of the independent groups (<10 years and 10 years), and Pearson correlation coefficients to assess the relation ship between BMI and blood pressure. Results: The prevalence of overweight and obesity were respectively 30.50% and 14%, with an average of BMI major on group of 10 years, compared to groups with less than 10 years (p <0.05). Regarding blood pressure, 33.93% of the subjects were classified as hypertensive and 1.79% showed borderline blood pressure values. However, no correlation was found between BMI and pressure levels of the investigated students. Conclusion: The prevalence of overweight / obesity and hypertension in the present study presented high, but no relation ship between the two variables, being interesting to conduct measures aimed at modifying eating habits and children's physical activity.

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