Breastfeeding and nutritional aspects of children from the school of early childhood education of a hospital institution in the city of Passo Fundo – RS

• Autor(a) principal: Vanzin, Patrícia Simioni
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Carli, Graziela de, Kümpel, Daiana Argenta
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde (Santa Maria)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/revistasaude/article/view/45244
• topic: Breastfeeding; Food consumption; Nutritional status.; Amamentação; Consumo alimentar; Estado nutricional.

OBJECTIVE: to verify the breastfeeding practices and nutritional aspects of children of the preschool of a hospital institution in the city of Passo Fundo - RS. METHODS: a research questionnaire with sociodemographic variables, breastfeeding practices, maternal data, a food consumption questionnaire for children under five years of age and anthropometric measures to assess nutritional status were applied. Data were entered and analyzed using statistical software, for the qualitative variables the simple absolute and relative frequencies were presented and for the quantitative variables the measures of central tendency and dispersion were calculated. For the association analyzes, the chi-square test was applied considering the significance level of 95%. RESULTS: It was observed in this study that most children did not receive exclusive breastfeeding until the sixth month of life, as recommended by the Ministry of Health. Even with prevalence of eutrophy according to body mass index / age, it was found that food intake Most children over the age of two are at risk for future complications compared to children under two. However, a positive factor was identified by the consumption of fruits, vegetables, meat and beans at both ages. CONCLUSION: Thus, it is essential to emphasize that the influence of parents in relation to their children’s eating habits must be positive, as well as in the school environment, so that they can together act as a transforming agent in children’s eating habits.