Iron deficiency anemia and eating habits and their association with the health profile of riverside children in the communities of Combu island, Pará / Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Freitas, Rosilene Ilma Ribeiro de
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Ramos, Noêmia Maria José Maia, Macêdo, Jucimeire Rocha, Silva, Iracely Rodrigues da, Fernandes , Roseane do Socorro da Silva Matos, Moreira, Elisângela Claudia de Medeiros, Fecury, Amanda Alves, Pinto, Manoel de Jesus de Souza, Dias, Claudio Alberto Gellis de Mattos, Bahia, Mirleide Chaar, Souza, Keulle Oliveira da, Pinheiro, Maria da Conceição Nascimento, Oliveira, Euzébio de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/8023
• topic: Iron deficiency anemia; Food; Riverside child; Eating habit.; Anemia ferropénica; Comida; Niño ribereño; Hábito alimenticio.; Anemia ferropriva; Alimentação; Criança ribeirinha; Hábito alimentar.

The present study aimed to characterize the occurrence of iron deficiency anemia in the infant population bordering Ilha do Combu, from zero (0) to 12 years of age, identifying the prevalence and possible interference of children's eating habits in this clinical health condition. The criteria were assessed by three anthropometric measures: weight, age and height, using the WHO / MS anthropometric reference, and the diagnosis of anemia, which was carried out in two stages: 1) collection of digital pulp hemoglobin, 2) by determining hemoglobin concentration, serum iron concentration and serum ferritin. This is a qualitative and quantitative study of an epidemiological descriptive nature, carried out in the Family Health Strategy (FHS) in Ilha do Combu with the igarapé Combu and igarapé Piriquitaquara communities, carried out from October 2018 to February 2019, and included 153 children. The prevalence of iron deficiency anemia was found to be only 10%, with anemic classification between mild (Hb = 9.5g / dl) and moderate (Hb = 7.2g / dl), and no case of severe anemia (Hb <7g / dl) nor very severe (Hb <4g / dl). It is noteworthy that 44% of the children evaluated received supplementation at the Basic Health Unit, with iron salts at the time of the research, which may justify the low incidence of cases of anemia in the children surveyed.