Trends in food consumption of schoolchildren from 2nd to 5th grade: a panel data analysis

Pereira, Luciana Jeremias; Hinnig, Patrícia de Fragas; Pietro, Patrícia Faria Di; Assis, Maria Alice Altenburg de; Vieira, Francilene Gracieli Kunradi

doi:10.1590/1678-9865202033e190164

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“…The increase in the probability of belonging to the ‘Fruits and porridge’ SP may indicate an increase in fruit consumption, in line with the recommendation of the Brazilian Dietary Guidelines (Brazil, 2014) of consuming fruits, particularly as school snacks. Stratified analyses revealed that this increase occurred among younger children, similar to the findings of Pereira et al (2020). The authors investigated trends in the consumption of food groups, not dietary patterns, and identified a trend of increased intake of fruits and vegetables in children aged 7–9 years (Pereira et al, 2020).…”

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“…Stratified analyses revealed that this increase occurred among younger children, similar to the findings of Pereira et al (2020). The authors investigated trends in the consumption of food groups, not dietary patterns, and identified a trend of increased intake of fruits and vegetables in children aged 7-9 years (Pereira et al, 2020). However, a previous review reported that there is no consensus about the association of age and fruit consumption in children (Rasmussen et al, 2006).…”

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Most meal and snack patterns are stable over a 3‐year period in schoolchildren in southern Brazil

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This study aimed to identify meal and snack patterns in Brazilian schoolchildren and assess their stability over 3 years. This is a repeated cross-sectional study carried out in 2013, 2014 and 2015 with 6353 schoolchildren aged 7-12 years from public schools in Florianópolis, Brazil. Previous-day food consumption data for six pre-defined meals (breakfast, mid-morning snack, lunch, mid-afternoon snack, dinner and evening snack) were collected using the validated Web-CAAFE (Food Consumption and Physical Activity of Schoolchildren) questionnaire. Latent class analysis was performed to derive meal and snack patterns.The stability of patterns was analysed using multinomial logistic regression, and the probability of belonging to a meal pattern was calculated for each year. Three patterns were identified for breakfast and four patterns for a mid-morning snack, lunch, mid-afternoon snack, dinner and evening snack. Most meal and snack patterns were stable over the 3-year evaluation period. In the total sample, for a mid-afternoon snack, there was an increase in the probability of the children belonging to the 'Fruits and porridge' pattern (14.5%, 95% CI 12%-17% in 2015 vs. 9.2%, 95% CI 6.8%-11.7% in 2013) and a reduction in the 'Ultra-processed'

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Most meal and snack patterns are stable over a 3‐year period in schoolchildren in southern Brazil

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“…The mean of the children's BHEI-R score was lower than that of their caregivers, indicating a greater need for dietary modification. Among the children, the girls obtained significantly higher scores than boys (p<0,05), similarly to findings of other studies [10,51]. Other studies using the BHEI-R have also demonstrated that a large percentage of individuals have a score that indicates the need for diet modification [36,23].…”

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“…Obesity has a multifactorial character, among its main causes, and environmental factors stand out, such as socioeconomic conditions, lifestyle, and eating habits [2,[5][6][7][8][9]. Several instruments are used to assess food intake, which is one of the aspects of eating behavior [5,8,[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. However, there is no foolproof assessment of the food consumption method [20,21].…”

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Family influence on the nutritional status and eating habits of six to nine year-old children

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Objective To investigate whether caregivers’ attitudes, beliefs, practices, alimentary habits, and nutritional status influence the alimentary habits and nutritional status of children aged six to nine years. Methods This cross-sectional study included 164 children and a family member (caregiver) each (n=164), carried out in the family health units of the municipality of Ribeirão Preto (SP), Brazil. Weight and height measurements were performed; each child was then evaluated by the application of both the Child Feeding Questionnaire and 24h recall (for calculating the Healthy Eating Index Revised), in addition to the assessment of adherence to healthy eating steps of the Ministry of Health, through a questionnaire. Results The results showed that the prevalence of being overweight was 18.3% in children and 32.9% in caregivers, and the prevalence of obesity was 15.9% and 37.9%, respectively. Most of the 56 children categorized as overweight also had overweight caregivers (82.1%; n=46). Concerns regarding children’s weight control were higher among caregivers responsible for overweight children (3.6±1.29). In contrast, caregivers responsible for children below or at normal weight demonstrated a greater tendency toward getting children to eat (3.3±0.97 and 3.9±0.99, respectively). The average score; of the children’s Brazilian Healthy Eating Index Revised (50.0±13.6) was similar to that of their caregivers (56.5±12.1). Conclusions Caregivers have a direct influence on the nutritional status and eating habits of children; therefore, they should be targeted in the processes of nutritional intervention for the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity.

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“…In contrast, ‘Vegetables and leafy greens’ and ‘Fruits’ had the highest difficulty parameter, suggesting that compliance with the recommendation for fruit and vegetable consumption (≥three times/day) was the most difficult. Previous studies reported that schoolchildren have a low intake of fruits and vegetables [ 37 , 38 ].…”

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Development of a Food-Based Diet Quality Scale for Brazilian Schoolchildren Using Item Response Theory

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Item response theory (IRT) is a psychometric method that provides probabilistic model-based measurements. Its use is relatively recent in the assessment of food consumption, especially through dietary assessment tools. This study aims (1) to develop a food-based diet quality scale for Brazilian schoolchildren using IRT, and (2) to apply the scale to a representative sample of schoolchildren from a Southern Brazilian city. The scale was developed with daily consumption frequency of foods from 835 students who completed the Food Intake and Physical Activity of Schoolchildren questionnaire. Questionnaire foods were grouped into 10 items according to their nutritional similarities and were evaluated by full-information factor analysis that indicated a dominant factor explaining 28% of the variance. Psychometric item analysis was performed using Samejima’s model. The scale covered all levels of diet quality, from “very poor” (scores < 95) to “very good” (scores ≥ 130). Children who had higher diet quality scores consumed beans, meat, fish, eggs, fruits, vegetables, dairy products, and water more frequently, while reducing the consumption of ultraprocessed sugary foods, ultraprocessed savoury snacks and sausages, and sugary drinks. Of 6323 children, an average of less than 10% consumed the highest diet quality scores (good or very good diet quality) and about 60% of children consumed low diet quality scores. The scale can be applied to other schoolchildren with the same measure precision.

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Trends in food consumption of schoolchildren from 2nd to 5th grade: a panel data analysis

Cited by 8 publications

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Most meal and snack patterns are stable over a 3‐year period in schoolchildren in southern Brazil

Most meal and snack patterns are stable over a 3‐year period in schoolchildren in southern Brazil

Family influence on the nutritional status and eating habits of six to nine year-old children

Development of a Food-Based Diet Quality Scale for Brazilian Schoolchildren Using Item Response Theory

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