Hyporiboflvinosis in rural and urban pre‐school age children in Northeast Brazil

Datos Bibliográficos

ID14722909
AutoresMaria Helena de Souza Martins (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, autor de correspondencia), Suzana Gomes Teixeira (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco), Ruy Bastos de Medeiros (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco), W Kyle Simmons (0000-0002-0399-9003, Pan American Health Organization (Brasil))
Año1976
Volumen5
Número2
Páginas101-105
Fecha de publicación1976-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEcology of Food and Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0367-0244 • E-ISSN: 1543-5237
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03670244.1976.9990452
OpenAlexW2082634768
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas4

Dietary, biochemical, and clinical data have indicated that hyporiboflavinosis is a problem in Brazil. Since few studies have been done in Northeast Brazil on the pre‐school age child, a detailed study was conducted on preschool age children living in Recife and in a rural area. Both dietary and biochemical data indicated that the pre‐school age children living in a rural area (engenhos) had a lower intake and excretion of riboflavin compared with children living in Recife (Santa Terezinha). The probable reason for the observation is the higher milk consumption of the pre‐school age children in Santa Terezinha. These data confirm other nutrition studies in that the riboflavin status is better in pre‐school children living in Recife as compared to those living in the sugar cane area of northeast Brazil. Studies have been started at the Nutrition Institute, Recife, Brazil, to examine the effects of supplementation of sugar with riboflavin

Biology · Environmental health · Geography · Riboflavin · Rural area · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Folate and B Vitamins Research · Medicine · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Food Science · Gerontology