Nutricional De Lactentes Atendidos Em Unidade Básica De Saúde No Rio Grande Do Norte Food and Nutritional Profile of Infants Treated in Basic Health Unit in Rio Grande Do Norte

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Author	Mendes, Amanda De Conceição Leão Queiroz, Dayanna Joyce Marques Melo, Andressa Názara Lucena Sureira, Thaiz Mattos Pequeno, Nila Patrícia Freire
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Objectives: Check the profile of breastfeeding, introduction of foods, eating habits, nutritional status of infants and relate the duration of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) and maternal anemia. Methods: Cross-sectional study with 22 infants 6-24 months. Mothers answered a semi-structured questionnaire and the infant underwent anthropometric assessment. Statistical analysis was performed using the chi-square test, considering a significance level p < 0.05. Results: 22.73% were overweight, the average Exclusive Breastfeeding was 123.2 days (SD ± 68.9 days), 63.63% for less than 6 months. The duration of exclusive breastfeeding was significantly associated with female sex (p = 0.042) and the number of prenatal visits (p = 0.002), 36.4% of mothers had anemia during pregnancy, this was associated with sanitation (p = 0.03) and the number of prenatal visits (p = 0.002). The foods most frequently introduced before six months were, respectively, fruit juice (27.3%), sugar (21%), fruit (13.63%), rice or macaroni (9%), beef or chicken or egg (5.3%) and vegetables (5%) and beans (4.8%). Conclusion: The practice of EBF presents low, increasing the early introduction of food shows worrying, being essential to create strategies to encourage and support breastfeeding, as well as prevention of overweight in this age group.
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