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[Infant day care centers, a space for nutritional surveillance]

Georgina Mayela Núñez-Rocha1, Mirna Amelia Meléndez-Buitrón, Ana María Salinas-Martínez

  • 1Unidad de Investigación Epidemiológica y en Servicios de Salud, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social de Monterrey. mayela6591@hotmail.com

Revista De Investigacion Clinica; Organo Del Hospital De Enfermedades De La Nutricion
|April 27, 2010
PubMed

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Implementing a nutrition and food surveillance system (SISVAN) in day care centers improved infant nutritional status. Malnutrition rates decreased significantly after one year of the SISVAN program.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Nutrition
  • Public Health Surveillance
  • Nutritional Epidemiology

Background:

  • Nutrition and food surveillance systems are crucial for evaluating the impact of food policies and programs.
  • Predicting future nutritional trends is a key function of such systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the nutritional status of infants in day care centers.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of the nutritional and food surveillance system (SISVAN) after its implementation.

Main Methods:

  • A study involving 988 children aged 45 days to 60 months in 18 day care centers.
  • Analysis included descriptive statistics and paired t-tests comparing Z-score means (weight-for-height, height-for-age, weight-for-age) from 2006 to 2007.
  • Prevalence rates of malnutrition, overweight, and obesity were calculated for both years.

Main Results:

  • Significant improvements were observed in weight-for-height, height-for-age, and weight-for-age Z-scores from 2006 to 2007 (p < 0.05).
  • Undernourishment prevalence decreased from 14.5-17.8% in 2006 to 10.0-11.6% in 2007.
  • Overweight and obesity prevalence showed a slight decrease or remained stable between 2006 (8.8-14.3%) and 2007 (9.7-10.7%).

Conclusions:

  • The implementation of the SISVAN in day care centers demonstrated positive outcomes.
  • A reduction in malnutrition rates was observed in children after one year of the SISVAN program.
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