Prevalence of breastfeeding and nutritional of pre term children assisted in reference maternity

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Objective: To know the prevalence of breastfeeding and the nutritional status of pre term babies assisted at a nutritionist's office. Method: Cross-sectional study with sample of 52 children. The data were entered and processed in the SPSS software, 17,0. The Chi-square and Fischer's exact tests were used for association analysis. Results: 46% of the babies under six months were receiving exclusive breastfeeding; 38,6% were being breastfed and 15.4% had been weaned. As for the nutritional status, the indexes for weight/age and height/age showed that most of the babies were eutrophic, 84% and 92%, respectively; the weight/height ratio points to overweight and obesity risk (56%), in contrast with underweight (22%); the BMI/age ratio points to overweight and obesity risk (52%) and underweight (20%). Conclusion: The results show higher prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding when compared to other studies, which is probably related to actions taken towards this service.

Object Details

• Alternative title: Prevalência do aleitamento materno e estado nutricional de crianças pré-termo assistidas no ambulatório de uma maternidade de referência ; Prevalencia de lactancia y estado nutricional de pre termos asistidos en un ambulatorio de una maternidad de referencia
• ISSN: 2175-5361
• Extent: Seite(n): 315-324
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 5(6)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Medizinsoziologie ; Ernährung ; Kind ; Säugling ; ernährungsbedingte Krankheit

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Nascimento, Tália Maria Freitas ; Carvalho, Wérgila Silva ; Ramos, Carmen Viana ; Lima, Maria Edna Rodrigues ; Lago, Eliana Campêlo ; Pereira, Theonas Gomes
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2013

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-54922-0
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST