Objective:
This study aimed to characterize the availability, the nutritional composition, and the processing degree of industrial foods for 0-36-month-old children according to the neighborhoods affluence.
Design:
A cross-sectional exploratory study.
Setting:
All food products available in retail stores for children aged 0 to 36 months were analyzed. Data collection took place in two neighborhoods, comparing two different sociodemographic districts (high versus low per capita income), Campanhã and Foz do Douro in Porto,Portugal.
Participants:
A total of 431commercially food products for children aged 0 to 36-month-old children sold in 23 retail stores were identified. Food products were classified according to their processing degree using NOVA.
Results:
For NOVA analysis, 244 food products were included being 82 (33.6%) minimally processed, 25 (10.2%) of processed and 137 (56.1%) were ultra-processed. No food product was classified as culinary ingredient.The products included mostly cereals, yogurts, prevailed in high-income neighborhoods, in the 0-6-month-old group. It was observed that some categories of ultra-processed food (UPF) presented higher amounts of energy, sugars, saturated fat and salt than unprocessed/minimilly processed products.
Conclusions:
The high availability of UPF offered for 0-36-month-old children should be considered when designing interventions to promote healthy diet in infancy.
Background: Vitamin E supplementation might represent an efficient strategy to increase the vitamin E content in milk. The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of supplementation with 800 IU RRR-alpha-tocopherol on the alpha-tocopherol content of milk and the factors associated with the increase in vitamin E. Methods: Randomized clinical trial with 79 lactating women from Brazil, who were assigned to the control group, or to the supplemented group (800 IU of RRR-alpha-tocopherol). Milk and serum were collected between 30 and 90 days after delivery (collection 1), and on the next day (collection 2). Alpha-tocopherol was analyzed using high-performance liquid chromatography. Results: In the supplemented group, the alpha-tocopherol content in serum and milk increased after supplementation (p < 0.001). In the multivariate analysis, only alpha-tocopherol in milk (collection 1) was associated with the level of this vitamin in milk after supplementation (β = 0.927, p < 0.001), and binary logistic regression showed that the dietary intake was the only determinant for the greater effect of supplementation in milk. Conclusion: The pre-existing vitamin level in milk and diet are determinants for the efficacy of supplementation in milk, suggesting that in populations with vitamin E deficiency, high-dose supplementation can be used to restore its level in milk.
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O distanciamento social provocado pela pandemia da COVID-19 trouxe mudanças na rotina, sendo essencial manter/promover práticas alimentares saudáveis neste período. Assim, o projeto “Promoção da Assistência Nutricional Materno-Infantil: grupo AMInutri (PJ227-2020)” desenvolveu remotamente uma cartilha composta por receitas práticas, baseadas nas diretrizes nacionais, para estimular o ato de cozinhar com crianças, como uma ferramenta para promoção da alimentação saudável. A cartilha foi divulgada em diversas páginas eletrônicas e redes sociais, sendo obtidos relatos com fotos e vídeos de sua execução. Também foi traduzida para a língua inglesa para compor e-book e aumentar sua disseminação. Esse produto cumpriu o papel da extensão universitária, articulando saberes/competências do ensino, pesquisa e extensão em prol do bem estar da sociedade durante a pandemia.
Palavras-chave: Isolamento Social, Alimentação Infantil, Culinária
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