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Brazil National Study of Food and Child Nutrition 2019-2020

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Estudo Nacional de Alimentação e Nutrição Infantil (ENANI-2019)
Provider 
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Brazil (BRA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
02/2019 - 03/2020
Data type
Survey:
  • Household
Summary 

The National Study of Food and Child Nutrition (ENANI-2019) was a household-based population survey conducted in 123 municipalities in the 26 states of Brazil, and in the Federal District. 193,212 households were visited, of which 19,540 were eligible and 12,524 were included in the study. Data collection stopped in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The objective of ENANI is to assess breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices, food consumption, anthropometric nutritional status in children and during pregnancy, and micronutrient deficiency (hemoglobin, vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin B1, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, folate, zinc, selenium and ferritin) among Brazilian children under 5 years old, according to country macro-regions, rural and urban areas, age group and sex. 

Keywords 
24HR dietary recall, Antenatal care, Birth weight, Blood tests, Breastfeeding, Child anthropometry, Child development, Children, Dairy products, Diarrhea, Diet, Dietary sugar, Education, Electricity, Family composition, Fever, Folic acid, Food industry, Fruits and vegetables, Hemoglobin, Housing, Housing materials, Infant mortality, Legumes, Malnutrition, Maternal age, Maternal anthropometry, Maternal conditions, Meat, Micronutrients, Place of delivery, Private social assistance, Public social assistance, Race, Religion, Sanitation, Summary birth history, Vitamin A deficiency, Vomiting, Waste disposal, Water supply, Whole grains, Zinc
GHDx Entry last modified on: Jul 25, 2023