Inadequate Diet and Eating Habits
Conditions
Interventions
a) Control group (n = 50): will receive nutritional guidance, including promotion of knowledge and diversification of diet. This intervention will last for 6 months, through monthly consultations with
Behavioural
Dietary supplement
SP6.026
Sponsors
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Clínica Nutre
Eligibility
Age
2 Years to 5 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Age between 24 and 60 months. Presence of feeding difficulty characterized as at least one of the aspects mentioned below by parents or guardians to the professional who referred and validated in the initial assessment made by the nutritionist, namely: Inadequate amount of macro and / or micronutrient intake; Inadequate quality of food; Inadequate variety of food; Presence of one of the eating difficulty criteria elaborated by Kerzner et al and described in the IMFED system, namely: Misinterpretation of parents; Agitated child with little appetite; Emotionally compromised or neglected child; Presence of organic disease; Highly selective ingestion Food phobia.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Presence of cow's milk protein allergy; Presence of lactose intolerance; Impossibility of oral feeding; Presence of neoplasia, renal failure, liver failure; or heart disease under treatment; Presence of genetic syndrome; Presence of anorexia nervosa; Presence of chronic diarrhea or inflammatory bowel disease; Delayed growth and development related to chronic diseases
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The use of dietary supplementation associated with nutritional guidelines leads to better results in the treatment of eating difficulties than the implementation of nutritional guidelines alone, verified through a study with two arms, one of them being orientation and supplementation and the other just orientation. The evaluation of this outcome will be made by comparing the quantity, quality and variety questionnaire, and it is expected that in the study group an increase of 25% will occur. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The use of dietary supplementation associated with nutritional guidelines leads to better results in the scales of physical activity, appetite and general health perception than the implementation of nutritional guidelines alone, verified through a study with two arms, one of them being orientation and supplementation and the other. orientation only. The assessment of this outcome will be made by comparing scales of physical activity, appetite and general health perception, and it is expected that, in the study group, an increase of 25%. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactCarlos Nogueira de Almeida
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Outcome results
None listed