Procedures of measurement of the body mass in children by community health agents in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2010-2011.

Objective: to describe the measurement process of the body mass in children under seven years old, assisted by community health agents in primary health care units of the Family Health Strategy, in Macaé-RJ, Brazil.

Methods: a descriptive study with community health agents who measured the body mass of children, from August 2010 to August 2011.

Results: ¾ (n=65) of the community health agents from Macaé Primary Health Care were observed in 196 measurements; in 66.

Situation of the supplementary diet of children between 6 and 24 months attended in the Primary Care Network of Macaé, RJ, Brazil.

This study aimed to analyze the supplementary nutritional situation of children aged 6-24 months attended by the Primary Care unit of Macaé/RJ. It was conducted as a cross-sectional study, and data was obtained from the SISVAN Web website, including and analyzing all of the records (n=218) of children between 6-24 months in the year 2013. In infants between 6-12 months, the consumption of 72.

[Birth weight and factors associated with the prenatal period: a cross-sectional study in a maternity hospital of reference].

This study examined factors related to birth weight in a maternity hospital in the city of Rio de Janeiro. It is a descriptive, sectional study conducted in the Herculano Pinheiro Maternity Hospital (HMHP) in Rio de Janeiro between December 2008 and February 2009, with postpartum mothers between 20 and 34 years of age. The chi-square test, the Student's t test and the logistical regression model were applied.