Author:

• Regina Maria Ferreira Lang - Lang, R.M.F. - Unifesp-Universidade Federal de São Paulo - <nutsec@yahoo.com.br>

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Abstract:

To date very little is known of health, nutrition and food safety conditions of children living in rural camps and settlements. The present cross-sectional descriptive study aims at presenting and discussing such conditions for children aged less than two years from families of landless rural workers in the Central Western region of Paraná. The study was conducted with a total of 337 children under two years of age from families living in two rural settlements and two rural camps. Main variables related with protein-energy malnutrition were assessed. Results indicated that protein-energy malnutrition prevalence was 4.7% in settlements and 10.0% in camps. Home location, home type and the possibility of producing food for self-consumption were the distal variables that influenced most the nutritional status of the analyzed pediatric population. The present study verified that the search for nutritional and food safety considers the right of accessing resources and proper means to produce safe and healthy foods in order to enable adequate feeding compatible with the habits and practices of that region.

Key words: Food safety, rural settlements, nutritional evaluation

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