title: Food and Nutrition Surveillance System/SISVAN: getting to know the feeding habits of infants under 24 months of age.
abstract: The objective of the Food and Nutrition Surveillance System (SISVAN) is to monitor the food intake of individuals attended by the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). The objective of this research was to identify the feeding practices of children under 24 months of age who were attended at Primary Healthcare Units (UBS), using SISVAN, and to assess the relationship with maternal sociodemographic profiles. A cross-sectional study was conducted in order to evaluate 350 children using the Food Consumption Marker Form of SISVAN, and maternal demographic data to identify sociodemographic profiles by exploratory factor analysis. Of the children assessed, 41.1% were under 6 months of age and 98.7% of those between 6 and 23 months had an inadequate intake. Two sociodemographic profiles were found: Profile 1 (mothers with lower income, less education, and recipients of the 'Bolsa Família' conditional family grant program) associated with the consumption of water/tea, cow's milk and salty baby food; and Profile 2 (older mothers with many children and with a larger number of residents in the household) associated with breast milk consumption (p = 0.048). The use of SISVAN made it possible to identify that children had inadequate feeding practices, and Profile 1 appears to be a risk profile for weaning.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil, lccoelho@unifesp.br.
authors.forename: Luciola de Castro
authors.initials: Lde C
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Alagoas.
authors.forename: Leiko
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Asakura
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil, lccoelho@unifesp.br.
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sachs
authors.affiliation: Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Mauá.
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Erbert
authors.affiliation: Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Diadema.
authors.forename: Claudia Dos Reis Lisboa
authors.initials: Cdos R
authors.lastname: Novaes
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil, lccoelho@unifesp.br.
authors.forename: Suely Godoy Agostinho
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Gimeno
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors