Publications by authors named "Vanessa Caroline Campos"
Recommendations to reduce intake of free sugars are included in some national dietary guidelines. However, as the content of free sugars is absent from most of the food composition tables, the adherence to such recommendations is hard to monitor. We developed a novel method to estimate the free sugar content in the Philippines food composition table, based on a data-driven algorithm that enabled automated annotation.
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- Iron deficiency anemia remains a significant public health issue among Brazilian children, despite ongoing efforts to address it.
- A study evaluated dietary iron intake and absorption practices among children aged 4-13.9 years across three Brazilian regions, revealing that the majority of iron sources were from plant-based foods, with minimal contribution from animal sources.
- While overall iron intake was adequate, the study found low bioavailability due to inadequate pairing of iron-rich foods with vitamin C and high consumption of iron absorption inhibitors like coffee and tea, which may explain the continued prevalence of iron deficiency in the country.
Carbohydrate quality is an aetiological factor of diet-related disease. Indices of carbohydrate quality featuring various ratios of carbohydrates-to-dietary fibre-to-sugar have been associated with improved product and/or diet quality in westernised countries. Carbohydrate intake is especially high in Asia Pacific.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To assess changes in food consumption and physical activity levels in schoolchildren.
Methods: A study was conducted with a representative sample (n = 4,168) of schoolchildren aged between seven and ten years living in the city of Florianópolis, Southern Brazil. Food consumption and physical activity were assessed in two school-based studies in 2002 (n = 2,936; 51% boys; mean age = 8.
Qualitative analysis of the diet of a probabilistic sample of schoolchildren from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, using the Previous Day Food Questionnaire.
Cad Saude Publica
July 2010
A qualitative evaluation of the diet of a probabilistic sample of 7-10 year old schoolchildren (n=1,232) from Florianópolis (southern Brazil) was carried out by analyzing compliance with recommendations from the Brazilian Food Guidelines. The strengths and limitations of the Previous Day Food Questionnaire (PDFQ) are also presented. Frequencies of intake were defined as how many times per day the food group was reported on the PDFQ.
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