Estimated Zinc Availability In School Meals Done With Standard Foods In The City Of Campinas (sp), Brazil [estimativa Da Disponibilidade De Zinco Em Refeições Com Preparações Padronizadas Da Alimentação Escolar Do Município De Campinas]

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Objective: This study aimed to assess the molar ratios of phytate:Zn and phytatexCa:Zn/MJ in meals for school children aging from 7 to 14 years. Methods: Recipes were standardized in a school and submitted an acceptance test by assessing meal leftovers. The availability of zinc in the usual meals was determined by calculating the molar ratios of phytate:zinc and phytatexCa:Zn/MJ. The dietary calculations were done with the program Nut Win (version 1.5) and 15 and 22 were used as cutoff values for the molar ratios of phytate:Zn and phytatexCa:Zn/MJ respectively for proper Zn absorption. Results: The results show that 50.0% of the preparations present risk to the absorption of zinc according to the phytate:Zn ratio and 40.0% according to phytatexCa:Zn/MJ ratio; 82.0% of the diets offer less than 15.0% of the recommended calcium amounts and 63.6% are very likely to be inadequate regarding lipids. 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