Supplementary food and food intake manufactured in Children three years of age

• Autor(a) principal: Sombra, Priscila Viana
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Sampaio, Rafaella Maria Monteiro, Silva, Francisco Régis, Pinto, Francisco José Maia
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.unilasalle.edu.br/index.php/saude_desenvolvimento/article/view/3957
• topic: Complementary Feeding; Processed Foods; Child Nutrition; Saúde pública; saúde coletiva; epidemiologia nutricional; Alimentação Complementar; Alimentos Industrializados; Nutrição Infantil

Objective: To analyze the introduction of complementary feeding and the ingestion of industrialized foods in children under three years of age.Method: Cross-sectional study with 60 children (four to 36 months) of day care centers whose mothers were interviewed about the introduction of complementary food and the consumption of processed foods. A questionnaire was applied that addressed information about eating habits such as the use, frequency, age of introduction of complementary food and consumption of industrialized products.Results: Of the children evaluated 10% started another type of feeding before the fourth month of life. The major reason that mothers took exclusive breastfeeding was that they had to go back to work. Of the processed foods yogurt (38.3%) was the most consumed by the children, due to its practicality.Conclusions: Mothers are still lay in information about the correct time and food that should be offered after six months of life. It is up to the pediatrician and nutritionist who accompanies the child to educate the mother about the importance of a correct complementary diet.