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HERO ID
2732713
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Complementary feeding: study on prevalence of food intake in two health centers of São Paulo city
Author(s)
Marchioni, DM; Latorre, M; Szarfarc, SC; de Souza, SB
Year
2001
Is Peer Reviewed?
1
Journal
Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición
ISSN:
0004-0622
EISSN:
2309-5806
Volume
51
Issue
2
Page Numbers
161-166
Language
English
PMID
11727697
Abstract
The infant feeding practices in the first year of life are of fundamental importance for their growth and development. This study was carried out aiming at checking on the prevalence of food intake by the infants during their first year of life. One-hundred-and-seventy-five children aged up to one year, attended to in two Health Centers of São Paulo city, Brazil, participated in this study. Their feeding practices, obtained through the status quo approach, were analyzed through multiple logistic regression models, using curves of prevalence for complementary food consumption. Fruit was the first solid food to be part of the infant diet, followed by vegetables, cereal, meat and/or eggs and, beans. Animal-protein-containing source foods (meat and eggs) entered the diet much later, being consumed by practically all children only at the end of their first year of life. The early introduction of complementary foods into the infant diet was made evident. The introduction of solid foods to complement breastfeeding is started with low-calorie density foods, in disagreement with the recommendations for Brazilian children. Results of this paper disclose a need for having programmatic actions in health education being carried out, in special those regarding exclusive breastfeeding promotion and orientation on the adequate introduction of complementary feeding.
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