Relação entre renda, bens de consumo, índice de massa corporal e práticas de aleitamento materno em crianças menores de sessenta meses de idade

• Ano de defesa: 2010
• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Adyla Farias de
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal da Paraí­ba; Brasil; Ciências da Nutrição; Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências da Nutrição; UFPB
• Palavras-chave em Português: Situação nutricional; Aleitamento materno; Renda; Bens de consumo; Nutritional status; Breastfeeding; Income; Consumer goods; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::NUTRICAO
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/tede/4312

Breastfeeding is a complex process that transcends the biological level, is always embedded in social and cultural about the unique role of women as being essential to the success of this practice. It is recommended exclusive breastfeeding until six months and its maintenance up to two years or more, along with the addition of complementary foods. In most countries, especially those less developed economically, it is great income inequality and poverty level. There is a strong relationship between income and health. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between family income, possession of consumer goods, body mass index and breastfeeding practices among children under the age of sixty months. Epidemiological cross-sectional population-based study was held in five Health District of the municipality of João Pessoa/PB, Brazil, trough household survey. We evaluated 91 children aged zero to sixty months of age, divided into two age groups (0-24 months and 25-60 months) of both genders and different socioeconomic conditions. The procedures for the selection of the sample had a sequence of steps to obtain a rigorous random, stratified, proportionality and representation of the population. We collected data on aspects of socioeconomic, demographic, anthropometric and food. Anthropometric measurements (weight, length / height and age) were measured to classify the nutritional status of individuals. The age was obtained by means of book of children's health. We used the chi-square test or Fisher exact test, in order to observe the relationship between the number of consumer goods, income, and current weight, current height and body mass index, and Student t test for the hypothesis correlation and zero for the hypothesis of equality of variances was held Levene's F test and normality of data was verified by the Shapiro-Wilk. There was no significant difference for the median consumer goods distributed by age group between the two age groups. The same behavior occurred with income, but also in relation to nutritional status and age, however, there was a higher frequency of males in the sample selected. There was a prevalence of overweight and obesity of 30,8%. Income was associated with the current weight and Body Mass Index in children aged twenty-five to sixty months. There was a correlation between possession of consumer goods, current weight and Body Mass Index, and statistically significant relationship between the practice of breastfeeding in children under two years of age and income. It was concluded that the income was associated with the practice of breastfeeding, current weight and Body Mass Index and the possession of consumer goods was correlated with current weight and body mass index among children of twenty-five to sixty months of age, showing thus a further option to use this variable in developing countries when studying social inequality and health.