ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the relationship between the maternal diet quality and the fatty acid composition of breast milk in the first trimester of lactation. Methods: This is an observational cross-sectional epidemiological study of nursing mothers. The data collection instruments were a semi-structured questionnaire for sample characterization and a recall of usual intake. Diet quality was assessed bas...
Abstract Objectives: to determine the fatty acid composition of mature milk of nursing mothers and its distribution according to some maternal variables. Methods: this is a cross-sectional observational epidemiological study based on the eva-luation of the fatty acid profile of mature human milk. Samples of mature breast milk were taken from 106 nursing mothers, by manual milking and who were after the 5th post...
Abstract Objective To investigate child growth, cognitive/language development, and their environmental and biological determinants. Methods This was a cross-sectional, predictive correlation study with all 92 children aged 24-36 months who attended the municipal early childhood education network in a town in the Vale do Jequitinhonha region, in 2011. The socioeconomic profile was determined using the questionn...
O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar a prevalência de deficiência de iodo em crianças de 6 a 71 meses em Novo Cruzeiro, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Foram analisadas 475 crianças alocadas por amostragem probabilística estratificada em relação às concentrações de iodo no sal de consumo familiar e excreção urinária de iodo. Observou-se excreção deficiente de iodo em 34,4% das crianças; entre as quais, 23,5% apresentaram def...