Hábitos alimentares de crianças com idade até 5 anos de São José do Rio Preto.

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2009

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Child diet at birth and during the first years of life has repercussions throughout life. The development of healthy eating habits in infancy can influence future preferences and practices, promoting good health condition, intellectual growth and development, preventing several non-transmissible chronic diseases. Objective: The purpose of this research was to investigate eating habits of children until 5 years of age from São José do Rio Preto aiming: 1- to characterize eating behavior of children and caretakers; 2- to determine the weekly food frequency, and 3- to identify consumed food in terms of macronutrients from 24-hour diet recall. Casuistic and Method: Transversal study, using data from interviews with mothers or caretakers of 1180 children with until five years of age, 586 (49.7%) males and 594 (50.3%) females. Data were collected during two phases of national campaign of vaccination performed in 2006 using a food behavior questionnaire, a weekly food frequency and a 24-hour diet recall method. Results: The majority of mothers (97.3%) made prenatal care and 73.6% of children were or was being breastfed. The mean time of introduction of complementary foods varied from 5.2 to 5.7 months. Most of the children intake daily and frequently rice, bread, biscuits, pasta, vegetables, fruits, fruit juices, red meat, white meat, eggs, milk and derivatives, beans, sweets and soft drinks. Regarding foods rich in carbohydrates, proteins and lipids, approximately 14%, 16% e 33% respectively, of children are above of the recommended values. Conclusions: the majority of the mothers carried out prenatal care; breastfeeding duration and introduction of complementary foods were adequate; soft drinks intake during the day increases gradually with age, and half of children and families eat their meals with the television on. The weekly food frequency revealed that most children intaked daily and frequently energetic, regulator and constructor foods, milk and derivatives, and beans. The daily and frequent intake of fritters and snacks, sugar, sweets and soft drinks suggests adoption of educative measures. The 24-hour diet recall showed that the food intake rich in carbohydrates, proteins and lipids is adequate for the majority of children. There was a statistically significant association between age and intake in terms of total caloric, carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.

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alimentación pediatria child eating habits food habits pediatria diet pediatria hábitos alimentacios alimentação feeding pediatrics habitos alimentares hábito alimentar

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