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A short FFQ was used to assess consumption of fruits and vegetables (F&amp;V) over the past month. The prevalence ratios (PR) and 95 % confidence intervals for stunting, obesity, anaemia, vitamin A and folate deficiencies, vitamin E and vitamin D insufficiencies were estimated for low F&amp;V consumption frequency (vegetables \u22643 times\/month and fruits \u22643 times\/week) and compared with children with usual F&amp;V consumption frequency (vegetables \u22651 time\/week and fruits \u22654 times\/week).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980014001244_abs3\" sec-type=\"general\"><jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title><jats:p>Acrel\u00e2ndia, Western Brazilian Amazon.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980014001244_abs4\" sec-type=\"subjects\"><jats:title>Subjects<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 702 children aged 4\u201310 years.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980014001244_abs5\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Only 5 % of children consumed F&amp;V \u22655 times\/d. Prevalence of deficiency was 31 %, 15 %, 9 % and 2 % for vitamins D, A, E and folate, respectively. Overall, 6\u00b73 % of children were anaemic, 3\u00b73 % were stunted, 2\u00b77 % were obese and 33 % had multiple nutritional deficiencies. Low frequency of F&amp;V consumption was associated with lower plasma concentrations of carotenoids and vitamin E. Nutritional deficiencies were higher among non-consumers of F&amp;V when compared with usual consumers: anaemia (PR=1\u00b79; 95 % CI 1\u00b70, 3\u00b77), vitamin E insufficiency (PR=2\u00b75; 95 % CI 1\u00b75, 4\u00b72), vitamin D insufficiency (PR=1\u00b75; 95 % CI 1\u00b71, 1\u00b79) and stunting (PR=2\u00b76; 95 % CI 1\u00b71, 6\u00b71).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980014001244_abs6\" sec-type=\"conclusions\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>In our study, the occurrence of nutritional deficiencies in children with low F&amp;V consumption was twice as high as in children with usual F&amp;V consumption, reinforcing the importance of effective actions to promote the consumption of F&amp;V.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s1368980014001244","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,6,25]],"date-time":"2014-06-25T13:17:06Z","timestamp":1403702226000},"page":"927-935","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":33,"title":["Associations between low consumption of fruits and vegetables and nutritional deficiencies in Brazilian schoolchildren"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Rosangela Aparecida","family":"Augusto","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fernanda","family":"Cobayashi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marly Augusto","family":"Cardoso","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,6,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"S1368980014001244_ref20","first-page":"147","volume-title":"Nutritional Epidemiology","author":"Hunter","year":"1998"},{"key":"S1368980014001244_ref18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"766","DOI":"10.1093\/ajcn\/76.4.766","article-title":"Participant characteristics associated with errors in self-reported energy intake from the Women\u2019s Health Initiative food-frequency questionnaire","volume":"76","author":"Horner","year":"2002","journal-title":"Am J Clin Nutr"},{"key":"S1368980014001244_ref32","first-page":"359","article-title":"Clinical chemical methods for the routine assessment of the vitamin status in human populations. 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