title: [Food security, growth and vitamin A, hemoglobin and zinc levels of preschool children in the northeast of Brazil].
abstract: This study sought to examine the association between the food (in)security and nutritional status of preschool children attended in daycare centers. Food security was assessed using the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale. The nutritional status was evaluated using the weight/height, weight/age, height/age, hemoglobin, serum retinol and serum zinc status. The prevalence of stunting (6.2%), overweight (3.1%), underweight (2.1%), vitamin A deficiency (24.4%), anemia (15.5%), and zinc deficiency (15%) was established. Food insecurity was found in 64.4% of the families, predominantly in its mild form (32.6%). This study concludes that food insecurity as measured by the EBIA was not associated with Z-score growth or with vitamin A, hemoglobin and zinc biochemical concentrations.
authors.forename: Dixis Figueroa
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Pedraza
authors.forename: Daiane de
authors.initials: Dd
authors.lastname: Queiroz
authors.forename: Adriana de Azevedo
authors.initials: Ade A
authors.lastname: Paiva
authors.forename: Maria Auxiliadora Lins da
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cunha
authors.forename: Zilka Nanes
authors.initials: ZN
authors.lastname: Lima
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D001938:Brazil; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003677:Deficiency Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005523:Food Supply; D006128:Growth; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000172:deficiency; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000097:blood*; D014802:Vitamin A Deficiency / Q000453:epidemiology; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood* / Q000172:deficiency
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D014801:Vitamin A; D015032:Zinc