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Breakfast Habits among Schoolchildren in the City of Uruguaiana, Brazil
Published on: July 29, 2020
Italo Wanderson de Moura Gabriel1, Claudio Gleidiston Lima de Oliveira2, Alberto Olavo Advincula Reis3
1Physician and Researcher at the Faculty of Medicine of Juazeiro do Norte - FMJ/IDOMED, Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil.
Abstract:
While the Ministry of Health of Brazil postpones the inclusion of children aged 5-12 years in the National Immunization Plan against COVID-19, current evidence highlights that the number of hospitalizations and deaths caused by COVID-19 in the pediatric population, of in general, including the group of children aged 5-11 years, it is not within acceptable levels. Unfortunately, child mortality and fatality rates in Brazil are among the highest in the world. In 2020, there were 1203 deaths from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SRAG). In 2021, there were 2293. Also 65 deaths were reported from Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (P-SIM); an aggressive manifestation of the virus in children.
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