Publications by authors named "Janaina P C da Silva"
Objective: To analyze maternal conceptions about excess weight in infancy and the nutritional status of their preschool-aged children.
Methods: A mixed, exploratory study was performed using semi-structured interviews. Two study groups were defined: a group of 16 mothers of children with excess weight and a group of 15 mothers of eutrophic children.
Growing phenomenon, which involves high morbidity and consequently high costs for health systems, obesity has been found also among the pediatric population and is currently considered a public health problem. The aim of this study was to verify if in children in the early preschool age we can see the prevalence of overweight and if introducing complementary feeding as well as the type of food introduced, are associated with this condition in this age group. It is an observational analytic study with children born in 2011-2012 that attended public schools in Taubat6 -SP during 2014.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Investigate associations between excess weight in preschool children, breastfeeding duration and age of non-breast milk introduction.
Methods: Cross-sectional study of a representative sample of 817 preschool children, aged 2 to 4 years, attending municipal day care centers in the city of Taubaté. The weight and height of children were measured in the day care centers in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Body composition of preschool children and relation to birth weight.
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992)
June 2015
Objective: to evaluate the relationship between body composition of preschool children suffering from excess weight and birth weight (BW).
Methods: probabilistic sample, by conglomerates, with 17 daycare centers (of a total of 59) composing a final sample of 479 children. We used Z-score of Body Mass Index (zBMI) ≥ +1 and ≥ +2, respectively, to identify preschool children with risk of overweight and excess weight (overweight or obesity).