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IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH SOCIOECONOMIC VULNERABILITY
Rocha,Élida Mara Braga; Lopes,Amanda Forster; Pereira,Silvia Maira; Leone,Claudio; Abreu,Luiz Carlos de; Vieira,Patricia Dore; Szarfarc,Sophia CornbluthABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the association of anemia with the socioeconomic vulnerability of preschoolers in public day care centers, in the city of Taubaté, SP, Brazil. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with a probabilistic sample that analyzed 363 children assisted in public day care centres in low-income and high-income areas of Taubaté, SP, Brazil. The hemoglobin concentration (Hb), dependent var...
Perfil nutricional de crianças no estado do Maranhão
Lopes,Amanda Forster; Frota,Maria Tereza Borges Araujo; Leone,Claudio; Szarfarc,Sophia CornbluthRESUMO: Introdução: O combate à má nutrição está entre os maiores desafios de saúde e precisa ser norteado conforme a realidade de cada região. Estudos que avaliem o estado nutricional são imprescindíveis para embasar intervenções, principalmente em crianças. Objetivo: Analisar o perfil epidemiológico nutricional de crianças menores de cinco anos atendidas pela Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF) no Maranhão. Mét...
Growth achieved and correlation with blood pressure levels in schoolchildren
Cardoso,Jane Laner; Leone,ClaudioSUMMARY INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of systemic arterial hypertension in childhood has increased progressively OBJECTIVE: To analyze blood pressure and height reached by children in public schools in the South of Brazil. METHODS: This is a sectional study of a randomized sample of 1,082 students of six to seven and nine to ten years old used to evaluate blood pressure and height. Blood pressure levels were cla...
Detecting congenital hypothyroidism with newborn screening: the relevance of th...
Silvestrin,Stela Maris; Leone,Claudio; Leone,Cléa RodriguesAbstract Objectives: To assess the prevalence of congenital hypothyroidism and the ability of various neonatal thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSHneo) cutoff values to detect this disease. Methods: This cohort study was based on the retrospective collection of information available from the Reference Service for Newborn Screening database for all live births from January 1, 2010, to December 31, 2012, assessed usi...
REPRESENTAÇÕES DE PEDIATRAS ACERCA DAS ALTERNATIVAS DE ALIMENTOS LÁCTEOS DIANTE...
Sarubbi Jr.,Vicente; Muylaert,Camila Junqueira; Bastos,Isabella Teixeira; Gallo,Paulo Rogério; Leone,ClaudioRESUMO Objetivo: Analisar as representações de pediatras sobre as alternativas alimentares adotadas quando o desmame se torna inevitável. Métodos: Estudo transversal qualiquantitativo, analítico e com amostragem probabilística. Foram sorteados 57 pediatras, que participaram de uma entrevista com o uso de um roteiro semiestruturado para a análise temática. Foi utilizada a técnica de evocações livres, e os termos...
Maternal breastfeeding, early introduction of non-breast milk, and excess weigh...
Nascimento,Viviane Gabriela; da Silva,Janaína Paula Costa; Ferreira,Patrícia Calesco; Bertoli,Ciro João; Leone,ClaudioAbstract Objective: Investigate associations between excess weight in preschool children, breastfeeding duration and age of non-breast milk introduction. Methods: Cross-sectional study of a representative sample of 817 preschool children, aged 2-4 years, attending municipal day care centers in the city of Taubaté. The weight and height of children were measured in the day care centers in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Th...
2000 CDC or 2007 WHO – What is the most sensitive anthropometric reference for ...
Kuba,Valesca Mansur; Leone,Claudio; Damiani,DurvalObjective To compare the two anthropometric standards for screening of overweight and cardio-metabolic risk in 6–10-year-old children.Subjects and methods This cross-sectional study included 175 subjects attending the Referral Center for the Treatment of Children and Adolescents in Campos, Rio de Janeiro. They were classified according to CDC and WHO BMI z scores as normal-weight (z-score > –1 and < 1), overwei...
Body composition of preschool children and relation to birth weight
Machado,Thais Costa; Nascimento,Viviane G.; Silva,Janaína P. C. da; Bertoli,Ciro João; Leone,ClaudioObjective: to evaluate the relationship between body composition of preschool children suffering from excess weight and birth weight (BW). Methods: probabilistic sample, by conglomerates, with 17 daycare centers (of a total of 59) composing a final sample of 479 children. We used Z-score of Body Mass Index (zBMI) ≥ +1 and ≥ +2, respectively, to identify preschool children with risk of overweight and excess weig...
Prevalence of overweight preschool children in public day care centers: a cross...
Nascimento,Viviane Gabriela; Silva,Janaína Paula Costa da; Bertoli,Ciro João; Abreu,Luiz Carlos; Valenti,Vitor Engrácia; Leone,ClaudioCONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Brazil is undergoing a period of epidemiological transition associated with demographic and nutritional changes. The prevalence of obesity is also increasing in children and is causing numerous health problems that are becoming public health issues. The aim here was to evaluate the prevalence of overweight among children of two and three years of age. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional s...
Acupuntura em adolescentes com fibromialgia juvenil
Dias,Marialda Höfling P.; Amaral,Elisabete; Pai,Hong Jin; Tsai,Daniela Terumi Y.; Lotito,Ana Paola N.; Leone,Claudio; Silva,Clovis ArturOBJETIVO: Descrever a utilização da acupuntura em adolescentes com fibromialgia juvenil. MÉTODOS: Estudo retrospectivo realizado em pacientes com fibromialgia juvenil (critérios do Colégio Americano de Reumatologia) submetidos a, pelo menos, 11 sessões semanais de acupuntura. As avaliações antes e após acupuntura incluíram dados demográficos, características da dor musculoesquelética, número de pontos dolorosos...