Complementary feeding: practices and nutritional guidelines of health professionals

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Ana Maria dos
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Vieira, Rafaelly Militão, Silva, Thiécla Katiane Rosales, Mazur, Caryna Eurich, Schwarz, Kelin, Silva, Catiuscie Cabreira da, Vieira, Daniele Gonçalves
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde (Santa Maria)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/revistasaude/article/view/27250
• topic: Elderly; Respiratory Work; Motor Skills; Alimentação complementar; Pediatria; Recomendações nutricionais

Introduction: To compare about the prescriptions recomended by nutritionists and pediatricians, about supplementary feeding for children under two years and compare with the food Guide for under two years old, developed by the Ministry of Health (2005). Methods: Cross-sectional study with professionals from the city of Guarapuava – Paraná. The instrument used was a questionnaire related to complementary feeding adapted from the study developed by Matos (2011). For the data obtained, a statistical analysis was performed. Results: Participated 6 nutritionists and 12 pediatricians. Regarding the recommendations of professionals, stands out the introduction of the cereals and juices, which differences occurred at relation the recommendations of the prescription order. To the other types of food, there was not significant difference between the recommendations of professionals. Discussion: There was no significant difference between the guidelines. Also, the professionals carry out the nutritional guidelines according to the guide which implies in the correct introduction of complementary feeding.