Vitamin A deficiency and associated risk factors in children aged 12-59 months living in poorest municipalities in the South Region of Brazil.
Camila DallazenDaniela Cardoso TietzmannSara Araújo da SilvaEduardo Augusto Fernandes NilsonVivian Siqueira Santos GonçalvesRegina Maria Ferreira LangSandra Patrícia CrispimJúlia Dubois MoreiraSolange Cristina GarciaMárcia Regina VítoloPublished in: Public health nutrition (2022)
VAD did not represent a public health problem for children living in socioeconomically vulnerable municipalities in the South Region of Brazil, suggesting a new panorama of this nutritional deficiency even in regions of low socioeconomic conditions in these three states. Thus, in view of the current nutritional transition scenario, it is necessary to continuously monitor and improve public policies related to vitamin A supplementation in the country.