About the Authors

Denise N. Mesquita

dfisiomesquita@yahoo.com.br

Affiliation Department of Puericulture and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Marco A. Barbieri

Affiliation Department of Puericulture and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Helena A. S. Goldani

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Puericulture, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Viviane C. Cardoso

Affiliation Department of Puericulture and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Marcelo Z. Goldani

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Puericulture, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Gilberto Kac

Affiliation Department of Social and Applied Nutrition, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Antônio A. M. Silva

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, Brazil

Heloisa Bettiol

Affiliation Department of Puericulture and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DNM HB MAB. Performed the experiments: DNM HB MAB. Analyzed the data: HB AAMS DNM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HB MAB AAMS. Wrote the paper: DNM HB MAB AAMS VCC HASG MZG GK. Gave substantial contribution to interpretation of data, drafting the article and revising it critically for important intellectual content and approved the final version of the paper: DNM MAB HASG VCC MZG GK AAMS HB.