Nutritional profile of newborns of adolescent mothers supplemented with iron, in different concentrations, zinc and pholic acid
Nutritional profile of newborns of adolescent mothers supplemented with iron, in different concentrations, zinc and pholic acid
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10.1590/s1415-52732002000200008
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2002-08-01
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COZZOLINO, Sílvia Maria Franciscato
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NOGUEIRA, Nadir do Nascimento;MACÊDO, Antônio da Silva;COZZOLINO, Sílvia Maria Franciscato
The objective of this study was to evaluate the nutritional status of newborn infants of low income adolescent mothers, aged up to 18 years old, supplemented during pregnancy with iron (in different concentrations), zinc and folic acid. These mothers received prenatal care supervision in the Institute of Social Perinatology of Piaui, Dona Evangelina Rosa Maternity, in the city of Teresina, Piaui, Northeast of Brazil. The adolescents were distributed at random into five groups: groups I and II received constant quantities of folic acid (250 g) and different iron concentrations, in the form of iron sulfate (120 and 80 mg, respectively); groups III and IV received constant quantities of folic acid (250 g), zinc sulfate (5 g), and iron in the concentrations of 120 and 80 mg, respectively; and group V, considered control, received only 120 mg of iron (Institution routine). The evaluation of the nutritional status of 74 newborn infants was done through data referring to their age, weight, height and cephalic perimeter, and on the occasion of their birth. Based on results, the averages of weight (3000418 g), height (48.072,15 cm) and cephalic perimeter (33.531,50 cm) found in children of group V mothers (local routine) did not present significant differences in relation to the intervention groups. The newborn infants of adolescents supplemented with iron (120 and 80 mg), zinc and folic acid presented a good nutritional profile. However, significant differences in pregnancy duration or in the nutritional status of the babies were not observed between the intervention groups and the control.