Dietary patterns: are there differences between children and adolescents?

Objective: To identify dietary patterns of children and adolescents from public schools and their relationship with age, gender, city of residence and socioeconomic class. Methods: Cross-sectional study with children and adolescents (aged five to 19 years) from 10 public schools. The Food Consumptio...

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Published in:Ciência & saude coletiva 2017-02, Vol.22 (2), p.553
Main Authors: Correa, Rafaela da Silveira, Vencato, Patricia Heuser, Rockett, Fernanda Camboim, Bosa, Vera Lucia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child development
Cluster analysis
Public schools
Teenagers
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Summary:Objective: To identify dietary patterns of children and adolescents from public schools and their relationship with age, gender, city of residence and socioeconomic class. Methods: Cross-sectional study with children and adolescents (aged five to 19 years) from 10 public schools. The Food Consumption Markers Form, recommended by the Brazilian Food and Nutrition Monitoring System, was used to identify dietary patterns through cluster analysis. The Pearson's chi-square test, considering significance at p [less than or equal to] 0.05, was used to evaluate the relationship between dietary patterns and age group, gender, socioeconomic class and city of residence. Results: The final sample included 631 students. Five dietary patterns were identified: "bean/milk/yogurt" (23.3%; n = 147), "restricted" (22.7%; n = 143), "healthy" (22.0%; n = 139), "Brazilian processed" (17.4%; n = 110) and "mixed" (14.5%; n = 92). The healthy pattern was positively associated to lower age (< 10 years, children) and the restricted pattern to adolescence, with p
ISSN:1413-8123
1678-4561
DOI:10.1590/1413-81232017222.09422016