Complementary feeding of infants in their first year of life: focus on the main pureed baby foods.

Objective: To evaluate the complementary feeding practices for infants, focusing on the main pureed baby foods, and verify adherence to the guidelines adopted in Brazil.

Methods: Through cross-sectional study, aspects of complementary feeding of 404 healthy infants between 4 and 9 months of age (São Paulo, Curitiba and Recife) were evaluated. Socio-demographic data, history and food habits were collected.

Excess of adiposity in female children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

This study aims to evaluate the body composition (BC) of female children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). A cross-sectional, controlled study was performed to compare the BC between 42 JIA girls and 35 healthy controls, matched for age and gender. Weight and height were used to calculate body mass index (BMI), classified as a Z-score (Z-BMI).

Complementary feeding: inappropriate practices in infants.

Objective: To assess feeding practices and dietary intake of healthy infants in three Brazilian municipalities.

Methods: By means of a prospective study, we analyzed the food record of 7 consecutive days of an intentional sample (quota and weighted sampling) of 179 healthy infants, aged between 4 and 12 months, from the municipalities of Curitiba, São Paulo, and Recife, Brazil, who were not being exclusively breastfed. Mothers received oral and written information provided by a nutritionist with the purpose of standardizing the feeding data.