Background: Early feeding practices have a critical role in the future not only in health but also in modulating eating habits. This study aimed to assess breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices and the nutritional status of Portuguese toddlers aged 0-36 months. Methods: EPACI Portugal 2012 is a cross-sectional study of a national representative sample. Trained interviewers collected data about early ...
"Background: Early feeding practices have a critical role in the future not only in health but also in modulating eating habits. This study aimed to assess breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices and the nutritional status of Portuguese toddlers aged 0-36 months. Methods: EPACI Portugal 2012 is a cross-sectional study of a national representative sample. Trained interviewers collected data about early...
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Background:</jats:title> <jats:p>Early feeding practices have a critical role in the future not only in health but also in modulating eating habits. This study aimed to assess breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices and the nutritional status of Portuguese toddlers aged 036 months.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Methods:</jats:title...
Adequate nutritional intake in the first years of life is crucial for future health. The purpose of this study is to assess the adequacy of nutritional intake in Portuguese toddlers. The EPACI Portugal 2012 is a cross-sectional study of a representative sample of toddlers (n = 2230), aged between 12 and 36 months. Data on diets were collected by trained interviewers. The current analysis included 853 children w...
Objective: To assess the longitudinal association between parental BMI and offspring's BMI, in EPACI Portugal 2012. Design: Longitudinal study with retrospective collection of children's anthropometry data since birth. Children's anthropometric data were gathered from individual child health bulletins, and parents' anthropometrics were self-reported. Children's and parents' BMI were classified according to WHO ...
Introdução: A alimentação diária deve suprir as necessidades nutricionais e a sua adequação é fundamental para um crescimento e desenvolvimento saudáveis ao longo da infância e da adolescência. Não existem recomendações nutricionais portuguesas e na ausência destas, não há um consenso relativamente às recomendações que deverão ser utilizadas em Portugal. Objetivos: Sistematizar e comparar as recomendações nutri...