Efeito da suplementação com zinco sobre o estado nutricional e intercorrências respiratórias em crianças com déficit estatural

Abstract

Malnutrition is explained as a condition resulting in power shortages, protein and micronutrients leading to an inability to meet the body's requirements for growth, maintenance, and specific functions. Its consequences determine measurable adverse effects on the anatomy of tissues and / or body (morphology, size, composition) and on body function and clinical outcome. The great susceptibility to environmental factors, stunting has been considered an alternative methodology to characterize the quality of life of the population. Deprivation of micronutrients is related to a number of deleterious effects in childhood, with resulting increase in morbidity and mortality rates, among other health problems. This study aimed to conduct a literature review and randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled study to evaluate the zinc supplementation can improve linear growth and decrease respiratory complications in children with height Deficit. Thus, the thesis was divided into two parts: the first corresponds to a chapter review, in which bucou explain the epidemiological and nutritional transition process in the world and Brazil, deficit of childhood growth and zinc physiological aspects and importance of zinc in diseases respiratory. The second part is a results paper, which aimed to evaluate the effect of zinc supplementation on nutritional status and occurrence of respiratory complications in children with estatural.Os deficit results showed that zinc supplementation did not accelerate the growth rate, but decreased the number of respiratory complications in children treated at CREN. Given the above, this study suggests the need for further study, but with children of younger age group, since at this stage the growth process is more intensified.