[Food environment in childcare settings in Quebec: results from a descriptive study].

Purpose: The goal of this study was to describe different components of the food environment in childcare settings.

Methods: Visits were made to 33 early childcare centres (CPEs) in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. Data were collected between March and July 2008 using a questionnaire based on the Cohen model.

[Multivitamin supplement for primary prevention of birth defects: application of a preventive clinical practice].

Objective: To determine whether the recommendations health care professionals make to women of childbearing age on the importance of taking folic acid encourage these women to take folic acid supplements.

Design: Survey.

Setting: The Centre de santé et de services sociaux at the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Sherbrooke in Sherbrooke, Que.