Prevalence of overweight preschool children in public day care centers: a cross-sectional study

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Brazil is undergoing a period of epidemiological transition associated with demographic and nutritional changes. The prevalence of obesity is also increasing in children and is causing numerous health problems that are becoming public health issues. The aim here was to evaluate the prevalence of overweight among children of two and three years of age. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional study in municipal day care centers in Taubate, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. METHODS: Weight and height measurements were made on 447 preschool children forming a probabilistic randomized sample. Their body mass index (BMI) was calculated. Their nutritional status was classified using the World Health Organization reference cutoff points (2006). Their mean weight, height and BMI were compared according to their age and sex. RESULTS: The mean values for the final sample (n = 447) were as follows: mean age: 38.6 months (+/- 3.5) and Z scores for: weight/height (W/H): 0.50 (+/- 1.22); height/age: -0.03 (+/- 1.07); weight/age (W/A): 0.51 (+/- 1.23); and BMI: 0.51(+/- 1.23). The prevalence of overweight children (BMI > 1 z) was 28.86%, while the prevalence of underweight children (BMI < -2 z) was 0.89%. There were no differences in mean BMI among the two and three-year age groups (P = 0.66). CONCLUSION: A high prevalence of overweight was observed in the sample of two and three-year-old children, with practically no malnutrition, thus showing that a significant nutritional transition may already be occurring, even in medium-sized cities of developing countries.

Prevalence and risk factors of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in critically-ill hospitalized patients in a tertiary care center in Houston, Texas: An active surveillance pilot project

Objective. The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of MRSA colonization in adult patients admitted to intensive care units at an urban tertiary care hospital in Houston, Texas and to evaluate the risk factors associated with colonization during a three month active-screening pilot project. Design. This study used secondary data from a small cross-sectional pilot project. Methods. All patients admitted to the seven specialty ICUs were screened for MRSA by nasal culture. Results were obtained utilizing the BD GeneOhm™ IDI-MRSA assay in vitro diagnostic test, for rapid MRSA detection. Statistical analysis was performed using the STATA 10, Epi Info, and JavaStat. Results . 1283/1531 (83.4%) adult ICU admissions were screened for nasal MRSA colonization. Of those screened, demographic and risk factor data was available for 1260/1283 (98.2%). Unresolved results were obtained for 73 patients. Therefore, a total of 1187/1531 (77.5%) of all ICU admissions during the three month study period are described in this analysis. Risk factors associated with colonization included the following: hospitalization within the last six months (odds ratio 2.48 [95% CI, 1.70-3.63], p=0.000), hospitalization within the last 12 months, (odds ratio 2.27 [95% CI, 1.57-3.80], p=0.000), and having diabetes mellitus (odds ratio 1.63 [95% CI, 1.14-2.32], p=0.007). Conclusion. Based on the literature, the prevalence of MRSA for this population is typical of other prevalence studies conducted in the United States and coincides with the continual increasing trend of MRSA colonization. Significant risk factors were similar to those found in previous studies. Overall, the active surveillance screening pilot project has provided valuable information on a population not widely addressed. These findings can aid in future interventions for the education, control, prevention, and treatment of MRSA. ^

An outbreak of Multi-Drug Resistant Acinetobacter in the burn intensive care unit of a large tertiary care center

Risk factors for Multi-Drug Resistant Acinetobacter (MDRA) acquisition were studied in patients in a burn intensive care unit (ICU) where there was an outbreak of MDRA. Forty cases were matched with eighty controls based on length of stay in the Burn ICU and statistical analysis was performed on data for several different variables. Matched analysis showed that mechanical ventilation, transport ventilation, number of intubations, number of bronchoscopy procedures, total body surface area burn, and prior Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization were all significant risk factors for MDRA acquisition. ^ MDRA remains a significant threat to the burn population. Treatment for burn patients with MDRA is challenging as resistance to antibiotics continues to increase. This study underlined the need to closely monitor the most critically ill ventilated patients during an outbreak of MDRA as they are the most at risk for MDRA acquisition.^

Is day care equivalent to inpatient care for active rheumatoid arthritis? Randomised controlled clinical and economic evaluation

Objective: To test the clinical equivalence and resource consequences of day care with inpatient care for active rheumatoid arthritis.

Relatório de estágio de atividade física e desporto realizado no Atalaia Living Care Center e no Centro Cultural e Desportivo de São José

O projeto “Sénior-Ativo” resultou através da prática de um estágio académico como parte integrante do Mestrado em Actividade Física e Desporto, sendo dirigido para todos os adultos e idosos institucionalizados, primeiramente no Atalaia Living Care Center e em seguida no Centro Cultural e Desportivo de São José. Este projeto é considerado como relevante para a animação sociocultural desta população, visto constituir um meio social e educativo que trouxe soluções para alguns problemas, tais como o envelhecimento da população, o aumento da longevidade e o constante crescimento do tempo livre. A investigação realizada permitiu demonstrar que a criação e a implementação de sessões educativas nesta faixa etária é essencial para o fortalecimento e desenvolvimento das suas capacidades mentais, físicas e sociais. O projeto “Sénior-Ativo” teve como objetivos fundamentais o prolongamento do envelhecimento ativo, providenciar atividades físicas, cognitivas e de socialização e também momentos de lazer, convívio e boa disposição para todos os utentes, a partir da criação e implementação de atividades físicas, cognitivas, de expressão plástica e de expressão e comunicação, promotoras do desenvolvimento pessoal e social, lúdicas e comunitárias. Todas as sessões tiveram em consideração a educação não formal, para permitir às pessoas envolvidas nestas sessões uma aprendizagem mais acolhedora e significativa, tendo sido planeadas de acordo com os interesses, gostos, objetivos, motivações, histórias e experiencias de vida destes indivíduos. Durante este projeto, os adultos e os idosos participaram, através dos seus conhecimentos, competências e habilidades, em diversas tarefas, como por exemplo na conceção de objetos comemorativos de algum dia especial, em diálogos, debates, na discussão de receitas, nas reflexões, entre outras atividades.

Resources for day care : a list of publications.

Updated by bi-monthly supplements.

The New York City infant day care study : a comparative study of licensed group and family infant day care programs and the effects of these programs on children and their families /

"Final report, grant MC-R-360011."

Evaluation of a day reporting center for repeat DWI offenders.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Research and Traffic Records, Washington, D.C.

Day care [microform] : its importance to small business : hearing before the Subcommittee on Exports, Tourism, and Special Problems of the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, second session, Washington, DC, June 8, 1988.

"Serial no. 100-66."

Day care.

The product of a Child Development/Day Care Resources Project and its Day Care Workshop held July 1970, Warrenton, Va.

Wisconsin day care news and views.

WI docs no.: Chi.6/2:D 3/4/195 -1962

Day care referral /

"May 1989."

Day care for migrant children.

Cover title.

Standards and regulations for day care centers in the State of Wisconsin.

"June 1956."