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Abstract
Moreira-Araujo, R. S. R.; Araujo. M. A. M.; Silva, A. M. S.; Carvalho, C. M. R.; Arêas,J, A. G. Impat of a snack of high nutritional value on the nutritional status of children attending public daycare centers in Teresina PI/Brazil. Nutrire: rev. Soc. Bras. Alim. Nutr.=J. Brazilian Soc. Food Nutr., São Paulo, SP, v.23, p. 7-21, jun.. 2002.
A snack food made of chickpea, corn and bovine lung was developed in order to increase the offering of high biological value protein, and minerals aimed at programs to reduce the occurrence of anemia and malnutrition. The impact of its use was assessed in two nursery schools, each of them with 130 children ranging from 2.8 to 6.9 years old. At one nursery, each child received, besides the usual diet, a 30g pack of snack every other day, three days a week and at lhe other nursery, the control. they had the usual diet only. The prevalence of malnutrition was estimated from the weight / age (W/A) index. The data obtained from the experimental group showed that, after the intervention, the prevalence of moderate to severe malnutrition (W/A below the 3rd percentile) was reduced from 6.9% to 3.8% and that of light to moderate malnutrition changed from 25.4 to 16.6%. No significant change in this index was observed in the control group. In the experimental group the percentage of nutritionally adequate children (W/A above the 10th percentile) raised from 67. 7 to 80.1% and remained practically constant in the control group (73.1 to 74.6%.). Short intervention periods like the one described here usually do not affect malnutrition indexes that require long-term programs to exhibit good results. However, the observed improvement in the nutrition status of the children was significant and demonstrates the high potential of the snack for malnourished children, in addition to its already reported positive impact on anemia.
Keywords: enriched snack; nutritional status; anemia
Regilda Saraiva Dos Reis Moreira-Araújo1
Marcos Antonio Da Mota Araújo2
Ana Maria Dos Santos e Silva3
Cecilia Maria Rezende de Carvalho1
José Alfredo Gomes Arêas4
1 Departamento de Nutrição, Universidade Federal do Piauí
2 Núcleo de Pesquisa, Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco (IMIP)
3 Hospital Infantil Lucídio Portela. Teresina-PI
4 Departamento de Nutrição, Faculdade de Saúde Pública /USP
Endereço para correspondência
Departamento de Nutrição, Faculdade de Saúde Pública/USP
Av. Dr. Arnaldo, 715, São Paulo 01 246-904 SP.
e-mail: jagareas@usp.br
Trabalho baseado em tese apresentada à FCF/USP, 2000
Agradecimentos:
À FAPESP, pelo apoio financeiro: proc. 98/08095-9; EEC, contrato CL1 *CT93
0304/DG 12 HSMU; CAPES-PICD, bolsa de doutorado; CNPq, bolsa de pesquisa: proc. 301231/83-4
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