Nutritional gains of underprivileged children attending a day care center in S.Paulo City, Brazil: a nine month follow-up study Recuperação nutricional de crianças empobrecidas matriculadas em creche na cidade de São Paulo, Brasil: um estudo de seguimento de nove meses

• Main Authors: Jose Augusto Taddei (Author), Michael J. Cannon (Author), Lee Warner (Author), Patricia Souza (Author), Silvya Vitalle (Author), Domingos Palma (Author), Fernando Nóbrega (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, 2000-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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The efficacy of a well-operated day care center in providing better nutrition to poor children in Brazil was assessed. We collected data for 9 months from 180 under-five children attending a day care center located in a slum. Every working day each child received at least 100% of the age-group recom...