About the Authors

Francilene B. Madeira

Affiliation Physical Education Undergraduate Course, State University of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil

Antônio A. Silva

aasilva@ufma.br

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

Helma F. Veloso

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, 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, Josué de Castro Nutrition Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Viviane C. Cardoso

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

Heloisa Bettiol

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exists.

Author Contributions

Review the manuscript for intellectual content: FBM AAS HFV MZG GK VCC HB MAB. Conceived and designed the experiments: AAS MAB HB. Analyzed the data: FBM AAS HFV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AAS MZG GK HB MAB. Wrote the paper: FBM AAS HFV MZG GK VCC HB MAB.