[Nutritional evaluation of children aged from six to sixty months].
This study aims at identifying the nutritional situation of children aged between six and sixty months. Two methodologies were used to determine the children's nutritional status: Waterloo criteria and the weight/age curve on the Child's Card. The prevalence of nutritional problems was of 42.9%, according to Waterloo criteria, and 35.6% when the weight/age curve was used. Educational actions are proposed so that the family may adopt behaviors and life styles aiming at reducing the risks on the child's growth and development Descriptors: nutritional assessment; malnutrition; child


BACKGROUND
Nutritional evaluation of children aged from six to sixty months
Departamento de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Maranhão. fgeorgina@bol.com.br
Francisca Georgina Macedo
FG
de Sousa
Thelma Leite
TL
de Araújo
D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009752:Nutritional Status