Feeding practices and head circumference of 12 months old children in Cruzeiro do Sul, state of Acre

• Grant number: 17/07836-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Effective date (Start): May 01, 2017
• Effective date (End): April 30, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nutrition - Nutritional Analysis of Population
• Principal Investigator: Marly Augusto Cardoso
• Grantee: Isabel Giacomini Marques
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Saúde Pública (FSP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 16/00270-6 - MINA study - Maternal and child health in Acre: birth cohort in the Western Brazilian Amazon, AP.TEM

Abstract

The World Health Organization recommends that, like other anthropometric measures, the head circumference should be measured in all clinical consultations with children up to two years of age. The present study aims to investigate the association between complementary feeding practices and cephalic perimeter of infants at 12 months of life in Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre. (AU)