Food insecurity and weight status of socially vulnerable child beneficiaries of a food assistance programme in Maceió, Northeast Brazil.

Objective: To evaluate the association between weight status and food insecurity of children living in social vulnerability who are beneficiaries of a food assistance programme (FAP).

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: From all children benefiting from the FAP in the municipality, 30 % were mapped in forty-seven distribution points.

Use of low-level laser therapy on children aged 1 to 5 years with energy-protein malnutrition: A clinical trial.

Background: Episodes of malnutrition in early childhood can produces alterations in the salivary glands. The investigation of mechanisms that can reduce the impact of malnutrition on the defenses of the organism is of the utmost important and interest to public health. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of low-level laser on the saliva of children aged 1 to 5 years with energy-protein malnutrition.

Prosthodontic treatment of hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia with complete anodontia: case report.

The hereditary condition known as ectodermal dysplasia is characterized by the absence or defect of 2 or more ectodermally derived structures. A case of a 6-year-old child with hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia with complete anodontia is presented. Common dental, oral, and physical conditions were taken into consideration.