Evaluation of food intake, weight and body composition in children with cerebral palsy / Avaliação da ingestão alimentar, peso e composição corporal em crianças com paralisia cerebral

Aim: We investigated food intake, weight and body composition evaluation in children with cerebral palsy.Method: A case-series study was conducted involving 53 children with mild to moderate motor impairment. Food intake was estimated and bioimpedance was used to determine body composition, with the calculation of the free fat mass index and fat mass index (FMI). The anthropometric profile was determined using z-scores of the following indices: height-for-age (zH/A), weight-for-age (zW/A) and body mass index-for-age (zBMI/A).Results: Height deficit was found in 7.5% of the children. Excess weight was found in 20.8% (zW/A) and 30.2% (zBMI/A). The prevalence of underweight was 7.5% (zW/A) and 5.7% (zBMI/A). Excess fat mass was found in 77.4%. No associations were found between excess fat mass or fat-free mass and excess weight or calorie intake. Height was positively correlated with age, mobility and zH/A. FMI was positively correlated with age and height. Lipid intake was positively correlated with age, height and FMI.Conclusion: The nutritional status and food intake of the children analyzed in the study was similar to that of children without neurological disease, possibly due to the lower degree of motor impairment

Estudo dos aspectos éticos dos transplantes na América Latina

Respeitando recomendações da OMS, foi feito estudo retrospectivo comparativo das Legislações de 16 Países da América Latina, a saber Argentina, Bolívia, Brasil, Colômbia, Costa Rica, Chile, Cuba, Equador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Panamá, Paraguai, Peru, República Dominicana e Venezuela, do período de 1963 a 1992, enfatizando-se os aspectos éticos referentes a doação, determinação da morte, conflito de interesses, seleção do receptor, comercialização e intercâmbio internacional de órgãos

"Segundo a qualidade de suas pessoas e fazenda": estratégias educativas na sociedade mineira colonial "According to their personal qualities and possessions": educational strategies in the Minas Gerais colonial society

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