To verify the correlation between weight and blood pressure alterations on students from a public basic education school from the interior of São Paulo. Method: Descriptive and correlational study, with quantitative approach. After collected and categorized the weight and blood pressure of 148 students, the data were typed in Excel and analyzed, through descriptive and inferential stats (cross-tabs and Pearson's correlation test), using the program Statistical Package for Social Science 12th version. Results: The prevailing gender was male (63.5%) and the average age was 8.4; 36.5% presented altered corporal weight (3.4% low weight, 10.1% overweight and 23% obesity); 4.7% presented bordering levels of blood pressure and 9.5% presented hypertension. The correlation test indicated strong positive correlation between weight/corporal weight and blood pressure. Conclusions: The results contribute to the precocious diagnosis of blood pressure alterations in the researched population as well as to its prevention in obese and overweight individuals.
Child health; Hypertension; Overweight
