Journal
CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA
Volume 30, Issue 10, Pages 2235-2245Publisher
CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA
DOI: 10.1590/0102-311X00178613
Keywords
Feeding Behavior; Body Mass Index; Adolescent; Child
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- FAPESB [7638/2009]
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The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between eating patterns and body mass index (BMI) in children and adolescents. This is a cross-sectional study of 1,247 male and female students, aged between 6 and 12, from public elementary schools in Sao Francisco do Conde, Bahia State, Brasil. BMI was used to analyze the children's nutritional status. Food consumption frequencies, in addition to demographic and socioeconomic information, were collected for each participant. Dietary patterns were identified through a factor analysis. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 17.3% (10.2% overweight and 7.1% obese). Two eating patterns, obesogenic and prudent, were identified. The former is characterized by sweets and sugars, typical Brazilian dishes, pastries, fast food, oils, milk, cereals, cakes, and sauces, and was positively associated with increased BMI (beta i = 0.244; p = 0.018). An obesogenic dietary pattern was associated with increased BMI.
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