VARIABLES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSUMPTION OF UNHEALTHY FOODS BY CHILDREN AGED FROM 6 TO 23 MONTHS IN A CITY IN THE COUNTRYSIDE OF PARANÁ STATE, BRAZIL
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https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2019.43705Keywords:
Food Consumption, Industrialized Foods, Food Guide, Infant.Abstract
Objective: To verify the variables associated with unhealthy food consumption by children aged 6-23 months. Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted during the Brazilian National Polio Vaccination Campaign 2012 in the city of Guarapuava, state of Paraná. The companions of 1,355 children answered the structured questionnaire on child feeding the day before the interview. Based on Step 8 of Dez passos para uma alimentação saudável - Guia alimentar para crianças menores de dois anos” (freely translated as Ten Steps to Healthy Eating – A Food Guide for Children Under Two), we investigated the consumption of 10 unhealthy foods and adopted the F statistic to verify differences in the proportion of food intake, according to socioeconomic variables. Results: Children born to teenage mothers (≤19 years old), when compared to adult mothers (20 to 34 years old and ≥ 35 years old), had significantly higher consumption of filled wafers (40.9%, 28.5% and 22.1%), snacks (41.4%, 31.2% and 21.4%) and sweetened food (78%, 70% and 65.4%). Children born to mothers with low maternal schooling (<8 years), when compared to other levels of schooling (8-11 years and> 11 years), had higher consumption of snacks (42%, 31.2% and 11. 3%), sweets (60.2%, 53.9% and 37.4%) and sweetened food (75.2%, 70.6% and 61.4%). Among children born to mothers who attended the public health service compared to those who attended the private health service, the consumption of filled wafers (32.7% vs 21.3%) and snacks (37.2% vs 19.8%), coffee (41.9% vs 28.1%) and sweetened food (72.6% vs 66.2%). Rural-dwelling children, when compared to urban ones, showed higher consumption of processed juice (49.5% vs 42.5%), snacks (39.6% vs 30.4%), sweets (68.2 % vs 52.1%), coffee (46.6% vs 36.2%) and sweetened food (80% vs 69.5%). Conclusion: Consumption of unhealthy food was higher among children of teenage mothers with low schooling, public health service users and rural residents.
DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2019.43705
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