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Environmental, socioeconomic, maternal, and breastfeeding factors associated wi...
Rocha, Sabrina G. M. O.; Rocha, Hermano A. L.; Leite, Álvaro Jorge Madeiro; Machado, Márcia M. T.; Lindsay, Ana C.; Campos, Jocileide S.Childhood obesity is now an epidemic in many countries worldwide and is known to be a multifactorial condition. We aimed to examine the relationship of environmental, socioeconomic, and nutritional factors with childhood overweight and obesity. We conducted a population-based cross-sectional study of children from 2 to 6 years of age in Ceará, Brazil. Children’s nutritional status was assessed by body mass inde...
Reducing child mortality : the contribution of Ceará state, northeast of Brazil...
Silva, Anamaria Cavalcante e; Correia, Luciano Lima; Campos, Jocileide Sales; Andrade, Francisca Maria de OliveiraTo describe the experience of Ceara´, Northeast of Brazil, state on improving child survival, over a 20 year period, and discuss its contribution to Brazil’s progress toward the achievement of MDG 4. Five population-based, statewide household surveys, with children \3 years of age, known as PESMIC (Mother and Child Health Survey of Ceara´), were conducted in 1987, 1990, 1994, 2001 and 2007. They aimed to invest...