Factors associated with the evolution of weight of children in a supplementary feeding program

Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology
Naiá OrtelanJosé Maria Pacheco de Souza

Abstract

Identifying the influence of socioeconomic, care, and feeding factors on children's nutritional status is important for the evaluation and targeting of public policies based on nutritional interventions. We investigated the sociodemographic and biological factors associated with children aged 6 to 23 months leaving the low weight-for-age condition (weight-for-age z-score < -2) during their participation in a supplementary feeding program (SFP). This is a cohort study with 327 low-income children living in the inland of the state of São Paulo, who joined the SFP with low weight-for-age when they were six months old. The dependent variable was "maintained low weight-for-age during participation in the program" (dichotomous), and the independent variables related to: 1) maternal characteristics: marital status, schooling, age, and work situation; 2) child characteristics: being weaned, gender, birth weight, and age at weighing. We used a multiple multilevel logistic regression for the modeling. Factors positively associated with children's weight gain were higher age at weighing (OR = 1.20; 95%CI 1.08 - 1.34; p = 0.001); higher birth weight (OR = 1.0011; 95%CI 1.0001 - 1.0019; p = 0.022), and being weaned when joining the program ...Continue Reading

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