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Abstract
The assessment of nutritional status is extremely important in primary care, being responsible for the delimitation of risk situations and for the planning of health strategies that can promote quality of life and prevent diseases. The continuous monitoring of the pediatric patient allows the health team to know the individual growth pattern of each child, identifying possible nutritional disorders, as well as monitoring situations that do not result in an immediate compromise of anthropometric data, through a complete anamnesis and clinical methods. and biochemicals. Examples are hidden hunger and isolated or combined micronutrient deficiencies. For this, it is necessary for the professional to be able to recognize the necessary parameters, in addition to having a structured environment (balances and adequate anthropometric rulers).