Nutritional status of preschoolers in the public school system of Macaé: a panel study conducted between 2012-2014 and 2017-2019 in the context of the oil crisis and the implementation of educational actions based on the Dietary Guidelines for the Br

At both moments of the panel, the prevalence of nutritional deficit was low, and of obesity, relatively high. Despite the context of crisis in the local economy, the frequency of anthropometric indicators did not deteriorate between the surveys. The implementation of educational actions in schools, guided by the Dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian Population, may have contributed to protecting children's health.