Evolução do preenchimento dos dados de peso e altura no sisvan no Brasil.

Abstract

Objective: To describe the evolution of the filling of weight and height data of children from 0 to 10 years old in the Food and Nutrition Surveillance System (SISVAN-Web) in Brazil. Methods: Data from the public reports of SISVAN were used from 2008 to 2017. Absolute frequencies of children's weight and height were obtained according to the categorization presented in SISVAN web: 0 to 2 years, 2 to 5 years and 5 to 10 years and calculated the variation (%) of these frequencies between the years. Data was organized in Microsoft Office Excel® spreadsheets. Results: In the majority of years weight gain and height increase from one year to another were observed, being in the age range 0 to 2 years, from 2008 to 2009, the largest of all the increments found (159% for weight and 158,6% for height). However, inconsistent data on SISVAN and inadequate system filling are still perceived, such as information about the weight or only the height of the same child. Conclusion: There was an increase in the filling of weight and height data, but the annual increase was not homogeneous and there were discrepancies in the number of children's weight and height.