The consumption of ultra-processed products is associated with the best socioeconomic level of the children's families/O consumo de produtos ultraprocessados esta associado ao melhor nivel socioecocomico das familias das criancas

• Published in: Ciência & saude coletiva 2019-11, Vol.24 (11), p.4053
• Main Authors: Silva, Mariane Alves, Milagres, Luana Cupertino, Castro, Ana Paula Pereira, Filgueiras, Mariana De Santis, Rocha, Naruna Pereira, Hermsdorff, Helen Hermana Miranda, Longo, Giana Zarbato, Novaes, Juliana Farias
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Subjects: Children; Elementary school students; Family; Food consumption; Food packaging; Private schools; Public relations; School enrollment; Working mothers
• ISSN: 1413-8123; 1678-4561
• DOI: 10.1590/1413-812320182411.25632017

The aim of this study was to evaluate the intake of ultra-processed foods and associated factors in prepubertal children. It is a cross-sectional study with 378 children aged 8 and 9 years enrolled in public and private schools in Vicosa-MG. Food intake was assessed by three 24-hour dietary recalls. Dietary data were entered into the Diet Pro[R] 5i software to quantify energy intake. The Two-Step Cluster technique was used to analyze food consumption groups, with the Stata 13 software package. The foods were grouped and classified as "healthy" and "unhealthy" eating markers. The association between the sociodemographic variables and the groups formed was examined by Poisson Regression. Two food groups were formed: "healthy" and "unhealthy". The caloric intake of ultra-processed foods was lower in the "healthy" group (20.5%) than in the "unhealthy" group (24.1%; P = 0.043). The multivariate model showed that private school children (PR = 1.25, P