[Factors determining the breastfeeding in children attending public and not-for-profit daycare centers in São Paulo, Brazil].

Cross-sectional study with 270 children and their mothers in eight public and philanthropic daycare centers in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. The objective is to identify the determinants of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) and breastfeeding (BF). The Mann-Whitney/ Wilcoxon test and survival analysis; Kaplan Meier curves and Cox multiple regression models were used for statistical analyses.

Risk factors associated with hemoglobin levels and nutritional status among Brazilian children attending daycare centers in Sao Paulo City, Brazil.

Like many other developing countries, Brazil has been going a nutritional transition which presence both malnutrition and overweight. Stunting and overweight are the major public health problems in Brazilian children. The objective of this study was to document the prevalence of stunting, overweight and anemia in preschool children and examine if those nutritional problems are related; also identify if these nutritional problems have the same risk factors.

The impact of training for day-care educators on childhood anaemia in nurseries: an institutional randomised clinical trial.

Objective: To test the impact of training for educators on the health of children enrolled in public and philanthropic day-care nurseries.

Design: A randomised, institutional, non-blind clinical trial was conducted. An educational intervention was performed in four day-care centres and the control group consisted of four other day-care centres.

[Evaluation of the hygienic-sanitary conditions of kitchens in public and philanthropic daycare centers].

This paper aims to evaluate the hygienic-sanitary conditions of kitchens in philanthropic and public daycare centers in the city of São Paulo using a tool of easy application. Information on the hygienic-sanitary conditions was gathered observing the operational conditions of five public and philanthropic daycare centers in the city of São Paulo. A score was developed for classifying the risks of food contamination.