Aspectos nutricionais e a relação com a alimentação complementar de crianças e lactentes

Abstract

The quality of human nutrition since its introduction reflects in all stages of life and to understand the importance of complementary food, it is necessary to know the relationship of this factor with the nutritional status of children. To present a literature review that addresses the relationship between nutritional aspects and complementary feeding for children and infants. Longitudinal descriptive bibliographic review, using articles indexed in the electronic databases National Library of Medicine (Medline, USA), Scielo, Pubmed, Academic Google, Capes, published in Portuguese and English. The review was restricted to studies published in children that included the key words proposed by the author and the 12-year-old temporariness. Of the articles selected according to the inclusion criteria, it was observed that there is a negative association between the early consumption of processed foods and changes in the nutritional status of infants and children, as well as the technique and management for which this diet is offered. It is possible to conclude that the feeding phases represent important moments for the development of metabolic alterations and in the quality of child growth and development, and may contribute to the appearance of chronic non-communicable diseases in the long term.