Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é verificar a associação entre fatores maternos e antropométricos e o consumo de alimentos ultraprocessados em crianças de 4 a 24 meses de idade. Métodos: Estudo transversal, com 300 crianças internadas em um hospital terciário e suas mães. A entrevista deu-se nas primeiras 72 horas de internação para evitar interferência nas respostas sobre a alimentação da criança. Os fatores maternos investigados foram: idade, escolaridade, renda, paridade, IMC e orientação sobre alimentação complementar. As variáveis referentes às crianças investigadas foram: idade, aleitamento materno, escola infantil, IMC/idade, estatura/idade, peso/idade e introdução de alimentos ultraprocessados. A associação entre os fatores estudados e a introdução de alimentos ultraprocessados foi testada por regressão linear. O nível de significância considerado foi de 0.05. Verificou-se que apenas 21% das crianças ainda não haviam recebido nenhum tipo de alimento ultraprocessado, sendo que 56.5% recebeu algum destes alimentos antes dos seis meses. Na análise multivariada, escolaridade materna, renda familiar, idade materna e paridade foram associadas à oferta de alimentos ultraprocessados. As práticas alimentares de crianças entre 4 e 24 meses estão inadequadas frente às recomendações para a faixa etária.

Abstract Objective To verify the association of maternal and anthropometric factors with consumption of ultra-processed foods in children between 4 to 24 months. Methods cross-sectional study with 300 children hospitalized in a tertiary hospital and their mothers. The interview took place during the first 72 hours of hospitalization to avoid interference in the responses about the child’s diet. Maternal factors investigated: age, schooling, income, parity, BMI and guidance on complementary feeding. Variables related to the child investigated: age, breastfeeding, infant school, BMI/age, height/age, weight/age and introduction of ultra-processed food. The association between the factors studied and introduction of ultra-processed food was tested by linear regression. The significance level considered was 0.05. Results . It was verified that only 21% of the children had not yet received any type of ultra-processed food, and 56.5% received any of these foods before 6 months. In the multivariate analysis, maternal schooling, family income, maternal age and parity were associated with ultra-processed food supply. Conclusions The feeding practices of children between 4 and 24 months are inadequate when compared to the recommendations for the age group.

Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é verificar a associação entre fatores maternos e antropométricos e o consumo de alimentos ultraprocessados em crianças de 4 a 24 meses de idade. Métodos: Estudo transversal, com 300 crianças internadas em um hospital terciário e suas mães. A entrevista deu-se nas primeiras 72 horas de internação para evitar interferência nas respostas sobre a alimentação da criança. Os fatores maternos investigados foram: idade, escolaridade, renda, paridade, IMC e orientação sobre alimentação complementar. As variáveis referentes às crianças investigadas foram: idade, aleitamento materno, escola infantil, IMC/idade, estatura/idade, peso/idade e introdução de alimentos ultraprocessados. A associação entre os fatores estudados e a introdução de alimentos ultraprocessados foi testada por regressão linear. O nível de significância considerado foi de 0.05. Verificou-se que apenas 21% das crianças ainda não haviam recebido nenhum tipo de alimento ultraprocessado, sendo que 56.5% recebeu algum destes alimentos antes dos seis meses. Na análise multivariada, escolaridade materna, renda familiar, idade materna e paridade foram associadas à oferta de alimentos ultraprocessados. As práticas alimentares de crianças entre 4 e 24 meses estão inadequadas frente às recomendações para a faixa etária.

Abstract Objective To verify the association of maternal and anthropometric factors with consumption of ultra-processed foods in children between 4 to 24 months. Methods cross-sectional study with 300 children hospitalized in a tertiary hospital and their mothers. The interview took place during the first 72 hours of hospitalization to avoid interference in the responses about the child’s diet. Maternal factors investigated: age, schooling, income, parity, BMI and guidance on complementary feeding. Variables related to the child investigated: age, breastfeeding, infant school, BMI/age, height/age, weight/age and introduction of ultra-processed food. The association between the factors studied and introduction of ultra-processed food was tested by linear regression. The significance level considered was 0.05. Results . It was verified that only 21% of the children had not yet received any type of ultra-processed food, and 56.5% received any of these foods before 6 months. In the multivariate analysis, maternal schooling, family income, maternal age and parity were associated with ultra-processed food supply. Conclusions The feeding practices of children between 4 and 24 months are inadequate when compared to the recommendations for the age group.

Objective: to determine the prevalence of asthma risk associated with anthropometric indicators of excess weight and body fat distribution. Methodology: cross-sectional study including adolescents between 10 and 19 years of age. The anthropometric indicator used to classify excess weight was the body mass index (BMI-Z); those used for abdominal adiposity were waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and the conicity index (CI). Asthma characteristics were evaluated using the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) questionnaire. The significance level was 5%, and the analyses were performed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 18.0. Results: adolescent students (n = 1362; 788 [57.9%] female) with a mean age of 15.65 ± 1.24 years were evaluated. A high prevalence of asthma, excess weight (BMI-Z) and excess abdominal adiposity (WC and WHtR) was observed in the females. Only CI values for excess abdominal adiposity were higher for males than for females. Adolescents with excess abdominal adiposity, as shown by the WHtR, had a 1.24 times higher risk of having asthma compared with non-obese adolescents. Boys with excess abdominal adiposity, as classified by CI, presented a 1.8 times greater risk of asthma. The risk of severe asthma was 3 times higher among adolescents who were classified as severely obese via the BMI-Z. Conclusion: this study showed that excess body weight and abdominal obesity are associated with an increased risk of asthma and asthma severity in adolescents. Thus, additional BMI measurements are suggested for asthmatics.

Objetivo: determinar la prevalencia de riesgo de asma asociado con indicadores antropométricos de exceso de peso y la distribución de la grasa corporal. Metodología: estudio transversal que incluye adolescentes entre 10 y 19 años de edad. El indicador antropométrico utilizado para clasificar el exceso de peso fue el índice de masa corporal (IMC-Z); los utilizados para la adiposidad abdominal fueron la circunferencia de la cintura (CC), la relación cintura-estatura (RCE) y el índice de conicidad (IC). Las características del asma se evaluaron utilizando el cuestionario International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC). El nivel de significación fue del 5%, y los análisis se realizaron con el Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) versión 18.0. Resultados: fueron evaluados estudiantes adolescentes (n = 1362; 788 [57,9%] mujeres) con una edad media de 15,65 ± 1,24 años. Se observó en las mujeres una alta prevalencia de asma, exceso de peso (IMC-Z) y exceso de adiposidad abdominal (WC y RCE). Solo los valores de IC para el exceso de adiposidad abdominal fueron mayores para los hombres que para las mujeres. Los adolescentes con exceso de adiposidad abdominal, como lo demuestra la RCE, tenían 1,24 veces más riesgo de tener asma en comparación con los adolescentes no obesos. Los niños con exceso de adiposidad abdominal, según la clasificación de IC, presentaron 1,8 veces mayor riesgo de asma. El riesgo de asma grave era 3 veces mayor entre las adolescentes que fueron clasificados como severamente obesos a través del IMC-Z. Conclusión: este estudio mostró que el exceso de peso y la obesidad abdominal se asocian con un mayor riesgo de asma y asma severa en adolescentes. Por lo tanto, se sugieren mediciones de IMC adicionales para los asmáticos.

The objective of the present study was to investigate the associations of prenatal factors with birth weight and length, as well as current nutritional status, of children hospitalized in southern Brazil. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 300 child-mother pairs. Children were between 4 and 24 months old. They were at the inpatient unit or pediatric emergency department of the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre. Anthropometric data were collected, and a questionnaire on gestational data was answered by the children's mothers. Maternal variables of interest were: prepregnancy body mass index (BMI), gestational weight gain, smoking and/or use of alcohol, use of illicit drugs, gestational diabetes and/ or high blood pressure. Children's variables of interest were: sex, gestational age, birth weight (BW) and birth length (BL), and current anthropometric data [body mass index for age (BMI/A), height for age (H/A), and weight for age (W/A)]. The gestational weight gain and smoking were associated with BW. We also found that H/A was associated with BW and BL, W/A was associated with BW, and BMI/A was associated with BL. The gestational weight gain was associated with BL, diabetes was associated with BW and BL, and high blood pressure was associated with low height in the first two years of life. We concluded that prenatal factors may have an influence on both BW and BL, causing the birth of small and large for gestational age children, and thus affecting their growth rate during the first years of life.

El objetivo de este estudio fue identificar las asociaciones de factores prenatales con el peso y la longitud al nacer y el estado nutricional actual de los niños hospitalizados en el sur de Brasil. Para ello se realizó un estudio transversal de 300 pares de madres y niños de entre 4 y 24 meses de edad, que estaban en la unidad de hospitalización o de emergencia pediátrica del Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre. Se recogieron los datos antropométricos y se respondió a un cuestionario sobre los datos del embarazo. Variables maternas en estudio: IMC antes del embarazo, aumento de peso gestacional, fumar y/o beber alcohol, uso de drogas ilegales, la diabetes y/o hipertensión gestacional; y de los niños: el sexo, la edad gestacional, el peso (PN) y la longitud al nacer (LN), así como los datos antropométricos actuales (índice de masa corporal para la edad (IMC/E), altura para la edad (A/E) y peso para la edad (P/E). Para las asociaciones entre variables se utilizó la prueba de chi-cuadrado y exacta de Fisher; para las que demostraron p<0.20 se realizó regresión logística. En el análisis, el aumento de peso gestacional y el tabaquismo se asociaron con PN. También señaló que si A/E se asoció con PN y LN, P/E se asoció con el PN y el IMC/E con el LN. En el análisis multivariado, el aumento de peso gestacional se asoció con LN, diabetes con PN y CN, y la hipertensión con el retraso del crecimiento en los dos primeros años de vida. Llegamos a la conclusión de que los factores prenatales pueden afectar tanto al peso como a la LN, provocando el nacimiento de niños pequeños o grandes para la edad gestacional, lo que afecta el crecimiento de estos en los dos primeros años de vida.