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2261/2012 - Food security, growth and vitamin A, hemoglobin and zinc of preschool children in the Northeast of Brazil
SEGURIDAD ALIMENTARIA, CRECIMIENTO Y NIVELES DE VITAMINA A, HEMOGLOBINA Y ZINC EN NIÑOS PREESCOLARES DEL NORDESTE DE BRASIL

Author:

• Dixis Figueroa Pedraza - Pedraza, D.F - Campina Grande, PB - Universidade Estadual da Paraíba - <dixisfigueroa@gmail.com>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5394-828X

Co-author(s):

• Daiane de Queiroz - Queiroz, D - Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Campina Grande - <daiane.qz@gmail.com>
• Adriana de Azevedo Paiva - Paiva, AA - Universidade Federal do Piauí - <aapaiva@ufpi.edu.br>
• Maria Auxiliadora Lins da Cunha - Cunha, MAL - Universidade Estadual da Paraíba - <auxlcunha@uol.com.br>
• Zilka Nanes Lima - Lima, ZN - Universidade Estadual da Paraíba - <zilkananeslima@gmail.com>

Thematic Area:

Alimentação, Nutrição e Saúde

Abstract:

This study investigates the association between the food (in)security and nutritional status of preschool children attending daycare centers. Food security was assessed by Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale. Nutritional status was evaluated using the weight/height, weight/age, height/age, hemoglobin, serum retinol and serum zinc. There were found prevalence of stunting (6.2%), overweight (3.1%), underweight (2.1%), vitamin A deficiency (24.4%), anemia (15.5%), and zinc deficiency (15.0%). Food insecurity was found in 64.4% of the families, predominantly its mild form (32.6%). This study concludes that food insecurity as measured by the EBIA was not associated with growth neither with vitamin A, hemoglobin and zinc biochemical concentrations.

Keywords:

Food insecurity Hemoglobin Serum retinol Serum zinc Child, Preschool

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Pedraza, D.F, Queiroz, D, Paiva, AA, Cunha, MAL, Lima, ZN. Food security, growth and vitamin A, hemoglobin and zinc of preschool children in the Northeast of Brazil. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2012/Dec). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/food-security-growth-and-vitamin-a-hemoglobin-and-zinc-of-preschool-children-in-the-northeast-of-brazil/12051?id=12051&id=12051



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