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Industrialized food consumption by children under 2 years of age attended at a nutritionist's office at a municipal maternity hospital
Consumo de alimentos industrializados por crianças menores de dois anos em um consultório de nutrição de uma maternidade municipal
Consumo de alimentos industrializados por niños más pequeños de dos años en una consulta de nutrición de maternidad municipal
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Abstract Objective: To evaluate industrialized food consumption by children under 2 years old attended at a nutritionist's office. Method: Quantitative descriptive study, conducted in a municipal maternity hospital. The sample was composed of 175 children. The instrument used for collecting data was a struct... view more
Objective: To evaluate industrialized food consumption by children under 2 years old attended at a nutritionist's office. Method: Quantitative descriptive study, conducted in a municipal maternity hospital. The sample was composed of 175 children. The instrument used for collecting data was a structured 24-hour recall questionnaire on the children's food intake. The data were processed by using the SPSS software, 17,0, and the graphs were drawn in Excel. Results: The consumption of industrialized food starts early in life, between 4 and 6 months of age, with foods such as yoghurt (25,75%) and processed soup (6,06%) and increases with age, up to 20% for industrialized coffee and soup; 76,47% for yoghurt; 32% for instant noodles and 24% for coffee, when the child is over 12 months. Conclusion: The results show the need to prioritize nutritional education actions towards this context.... view less
Keywords
child; baby; nutrition; food; nutrition counseling; education; bad eating habits
Classification
Medical Sociology
Sociology of the Youth, Sociology of Childhood
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 207-216
Journal
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 5 (2013) 6
ISSN
2175-5361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed