Association between food pratices and nutritional status of students of middle school of the south region of Brazil

Objective: To know the eating pratices of high school students enrolled in public and private schools in Palhoça / SC. Method: A cross-sectional and descriptive study carried out in public and private schools in Palhoça, SC, Brazil. A total of 120 students from 17 to 21 years old were analyzed with a self - administered structured questionnaire with mixed questions. Socio-demographic issues, eating habits, consumption of unhealthy and healthy foods, and anthropometric variables were collected. The nutritional status was evaluated using the Body Mass Index (BMI), using the growth curve (students