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Insights Nutr Metab 2017
Volume 1 Issue 3
Nutrition World 2017
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September 11-12, 2017 Edinburgh, Scotland
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Serum ferritin level in children and
adolescents from a Brazilian quilombola
community are associated with daily coffee
intake
Ana Gabriella P Alves
1
, Beatriz A Carvalho
1
, Renata Carvalho dos
Santos
2
and Maria S Silva
1
1
Federal University of Goiás, Brazil
2
State University of Goiás, Brazil
Statement of the Problem:
coffee intake is a habit in
several countries, including Brazil, and in all age groups.
There is evidence that high daily intake of coffee can
reduce iron absorption in the duodenum, and can impair
the growth and development of children and adolescents.
In relation to children and adolescents from African
continental ancestry group, coffee consumption can be
even more harmful because of their inadequate nutritional
status due to low income. Therefore, the objective of this
study was to associate the daily consumption of coffee
with serum ferritin levels in children and adolescents from
a Brazilian quilombola community.
Methodology:
this cross-sectional study was carried out,
in 2012, with 26 children and adolescents (10.46±4.69
years) from a quilombola community located in the
Central-West region of Brazil. Blood sample was collected
to obtain serum ferritin levels. The assessment of coffee
consumption was carried out using the food frequency
questionnaire, which contains 58 foods (including coffee).
Student’s t-test for independent samples was used to
evaluate the difference in serum ferritin levels between
participants with and without daily consumption of
coffee. P values <0.05 were considered significant. This
research was approved by Research Ethics Committee
of Federal University of Goiás, Brazil. Findings: Most of
the participants were female (61.5%, n=16). The average
serum ferritin level was 52.75±28.79 ng/mL, and 38.46%
(n=10) of them consumed coffee at least once a day.
Participants with daily coffee consumption had lower
serum ferritin levels (p=0.012) (Table 1).
Conclusion:
The daily consumption of coffee influenced
negatively in serum ferritin levels in children and
adolescents from the quilombola community of Brazil.
Whereas iron is an important mineral in the stage of
childhood and adolescence, this result suggests a greater
control in coffee consumption among the participants for
their growth and development not be affected.
Biography
Ana Gabriella PAlves is a Nutritionist who graduated from the Federal University
of Goiás, Brazil. She completed a Master’s degree in Health Sciences (Faculty
of Medicine/Federal University of Goiás, Brazil) and is currently a PhD student
in the same program. She also concluded a Postgraduate study in Sports
Nutrition and Functional Clinical Nutrition. She is a co-author of two book
chapters, related to Sports Nutrition, and is Anthropometrist ISAK Level 1. She
is member of the Laboratory of Physiology, Nutrition and Health (College of
Physical Education and Dance/Federal University of Goiás, Brazil).
anagabriela_alves@hotmail.comAna Gabriella P Alves et al., Insights Nutr Metab 2017