Adequacies and inadequacies in the anthropometric and dietetic profi les of preschool children

Introduction: Nutritional conditions and food patterns in preschool children are elements that emphasise the importance of health monitoring in this period of nutritional transition, both to ensure nutritional adequacy and how much to intervene in identifi ed inadequacies. Hence, it may also constitute a strategy for public programs and school health services to make decisions. Objective: To analyse the anthropometric and dietary profi les of pre-schoolers of a pole city in Northeastern Brazil. Method: This is a cross-sectional evaluative study with 114 children aged 2–5 years, of both genders, in three municipal centres of early childhood education. Anthropometry was used to measure weight and height, and the nutritional condition was assessed using the indexes Height for Age (H/A), Weight for Age (W/A), Weight for Height (W/H) and Body Mass Index for Age (BMI/A) in z-score values with classifications established by the World Health Organization. The food intake record was done by direct weighing of the food menu offered during a week in the three institutions. This procedure allowed for the evaluation of the nutritional composition of menus, from the estimates in percentages, average and standard deviations of total calories, macronutrients (proteins, carbohydrates and lipids) and micronutrients (calcium, iron, vitamins A and C), to the adjustments and comparisons to the reference values of the Recommended Dietary Allowances, National Research Council and the PNAE recommendations, by age stages, in full-time units, 1–3 years, 700 kcal; 4–5 years, 950 kcal (70% coverage prediction of daily nutritional requirements) and the part-time units, these same ranges of age, respectively, 200 and 270 kcal (20% coverage for forecasting nutritional needs daily), considering adequate consumption to that with a variation of up to 10% above or below 100% of these recommendations. Results: Most of the preschool children had adequate nutritional conditions, especially those of full-time units, with relative frequencies (W/A: 94.5%; W/H: 89.5%, BMI/A: 81.7%). There were registered also overweight percentages higher than the defi cits, in the indices W/A (22.2%), P/E (33.3%) to municipal early childhood centre CMEI-A girls; the indices W/A, W/H, BMI/A (23.8% each) in CMEI B-boys. In relation to the adequacy of the food profi le, there was only convergence between the offer and the recommendation of 70% coverage of the daily energy needs, for pre-schoolers of 4–5 years from the centre of full-time units (mean: 951.2 ± 172.3 kcal). As for nutrients, inadequacies had a trend in the coverage of the daily needs on the menu offered in part-time units. Conclusion: Although most children do not present indicative of nutritional risk, requires attention to food portion that was with inadequacies of nutritional condition, with emphasis on weight surplus, while the readjustments in per capita and in portions of the menu implemented in those locations

A segurança do paciente cirúrgico na perspectiva da vigilância sanitária — uma reflexão teórica

With the aim of preventing healthcare risks, improving health, and promoting patient safety, various measures have been implemented. Patient safety is equated to the re-duction of risk of unnecessary harm associated with healthcare to an acceptable mi-nimum. An incident that results in harm to a patient is known as Adverse Event (AE). Surgery-related AEs remain to be a global public health challenge. In Brazil, the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) and Ministry of Health have delineated actions, po-licies, and health regulation to prevent AEs, including those resulting from surgical pro-cedures. In 2013, the National Patient Safety Program was established and the actions of patient safety were regulated by ANVISA. Despite progresses in the recently established national security policy for patients, further measures are still required to improve the quality and safety of surgical care. The creation and maintenance of a safety culture in healthcare services will assure safer surgical procedures. Thus, this study aimed to discuss the primary components related to healthcare quality and patient safety that are considered as priority in healthcare services and discuss strategies employed by the government to promote safe surgical care.Diversas medidas de prevenção dos riscos relacionados à assistência e à melhoria da saúde são desenvolvidas em favor da segurança do paciente. A segurança do paciente é entendida como a redução, a um mínimo aceitável, do risco de dano desnecessário associado à atenção à saúde. Danos desnecessários são conhecidos como Eventos Ad-versos (EAs). A preocupação com a segurança cirúrgica constitui um desafio mundial de saúde pública. No Brasil, a Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA) e o Ministério da Saúde delinearam ações, política e regulamentação sanitária para prevenir EAs, incluindo aqueles decorrentes de procedimentos cirúrgicos. Em 2013 foi instituído o Programa Nacional de Segurança do Paciente (PNSP), e a ANVISA regulamentou as ações de segurança do paciente. Apesar dos avanços da política nacional de segurança do pa-ciente, recentemente instituída no país, ainda são necessárias medidas visando a busca da qualidade e da segurança nos cuidados cirúrgicos. A instituição e a sustentação de cultura de segurança pode asseverar a cirurgia segura nos serviços de saúde. O objetivo deste artigo é discutir os principais componentes envolvidos na qualidade do cuidado e da segurança do paciente, como prioridades nos serviços de saúde e nas estratégias nacionais empregadas para a promoção da assistência cirúrgica segura

Câncer e meio ambiente. Tabaco - agrotóxicos - radiações – dieta. Um documento para a Conferência Mundial de Ecologia

Trabalho elaborado como parte de um documento global sobre Saúde e Meio Ambiente da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz

Loss of muscle and fat mass after institutionalization: attention to older

INTRODUCTION: Aging causes, simultaneously, profound changes in body composition and nutritional status of the elderly. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the loss of muscle and adipose mass in residents of a Long Term Care Institution for the Elderly. METHODS: Observational and longitudinal study with an interval of three months between the two evaluations. Participated 34 elderly (mean age: 81.8 years; 23.5% male; 76.5% female), living in an Long Term Care Institution for the Elderly of Teresina, Piauí. Anthropometric measures of body composition, measured in triplicate by the same researcher, for Lange compass and tape measure the circumference of the calf and triceps skinfold were used to classify the nutritional status. RESULTS: At baseline, 24 (70.6%) and 16 (47.1%) individuals had protein malnutrition and energy malnutrition according circumference of the calf and triceps skinfold, respectively. After three months, there was an increase of protein malnutrition and energy malnutrition for 27 (79.4% - circumference of the calf) and 17 (50% - triceps skinfold) subjects, with no statistical significance between genders. However, there were significant differences between the averages of circumference of the calf (29.9 ± 2.9, 28.8 ± 2.6; p &lt; 0.05) of the elderly aged 70 to 79. This worsening of the nutritional status, from losses in the reserves of muscle and fat mass, is reaffirmed, even with significant differences, when comparing frequencies and distributions of circumference of the calf and triceps skinfold between the two evaluations of the total studied. CONCLUSION: The nutritional evaluations have shown significant changes in body composition of institutionalized elderly, generating nutritional risk that requires attention to the elderly.</p

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Adequacies and inadequacies in the anthropometric and dietetic profi les of preschool children J Hum Growth Dev. 2016; 26(2): 234-242 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7322/jhgd.119290 Abstract Introduction: Nutritional conditions and food patterns in preschool children are elements that emphasise the importance of health monitoring in this period of nutritional transition, both to ensure nutritional adequacy and how much to intervene in identifi ed inadequacies. Hence, it may also constitute a strategy for public programs and school health services to make decisions. Objective: To analyse the anthropometric and dietary profi les of pre-schoolers of a pole city in Northeastern Brazil. Methods: This is a cross-sectional evaluative study with 114 children aged 2-5 years, of both genders, in three municipal centres of early childhood education. Anthropometry was used to measure weight and height, and the nutritional condition was assessed using the indexes Height for Age (H/A), Weight for Age (W/A), Weight for Height (W/H) and Body Mass Index for Age (BMI/A) in z-score values with classifi cations established by the World Health Organization. The food intake record was done by direct weighing of the food menu offered during a week in the three institutions. This procedure allowed for the evaluation of the nutritional composition of menus, from the estimates in percentages, average and standard deviations of total calories, macronutrients (proteins, carbohydrates and lipids) and micronutrients (calcium, iron, vitamins A and C), to the adjustments and comparisons to the reference values of the Recommended Dietary Allowances, National Research Council and the PNAE recommendations, by age stages, in full-time units, 1-3 years, 700 kcal; 4-5 years, 950 kcal (70% coverage prediction of daily nutritional requirements) and the part-time units, these same ranges of age, respectively, 200 and 270 kcal (20% coverage for forecasting nutritional needs daily), considering adequate consumption to that with a variation of up to 10% above or below 100% of these recommendations. Results: Most of the preschool children had adequate nutritional conditions, especially those of full-time units, with relative frequencies (W/A: 94.5%; W/H: 89.5%, BMI/A: 81.7%). There were registered also overweight percentages higher than the defi cits, in the indices W/A (22.2%), P/E (33.3%) to municipal early childhood centre CMEI-A girls; the indices W/A, W/H, BMI/A (23.8% each) in CMEI B-boys. In relation to the adequacy of the food profi le, there was only convergence between the offer and the recommendation of 70% coverage of the daily energy needs, for pre-schoolers of 4-5 years from the centre of full-time units (mean: 951.2 ± 172.3 kcal). As for nutrients, inadequacies had a trend in the coverage of the daily needs on the menu offered in part-time units. Conclusion: Although most children do not present indicative of nutritional risk, requires attention to food portion that was with inadequacies of nutritional condition, with emphasis on weight surplus, while the readjustments in per capita and in portions of the menu implemented in those locations. Key words: preschool, nutritional condition, anthropometry, school feeding, nutrition policy. -235 -Adequacies and inadequacies in the anthropometric and dietetic profi les of preschool children J Hum Growth Dev. 2016; 26(2): 234-24

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