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| Title |
ERICA: prevalence of healthy eating habits among Brazilian adolescents
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| Published in |
Revista de Saúde Pública, February 2016
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| DOI | 10.1590/s01518-8787.2016050006678 |
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| Authors |
Laura Augusta Barufaldi, Gabriela de Azevedo Abreu, Juliana Souza Oliveira, Debora França dos Santos, Elizabeth Fujimori, Sandra Mary Lima Vasconcelos, Francisco de Assis Guedes de Vasconcelos, Bruno Mendes Tavares |
| Abstract |
OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence of eating habits considered healthy in adolescents according to sex, age, education level of the mother, school type, session of study, and geographic region. METHODS The assessed data come from the Study of Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescents (ERICA), a cross-sectional, national and school-based study. Adolescents of 1,247 schools of 124 Brazilian municipalities were evaluated using a self-administered questionnaire with a section on aspects related to eating behaviors. The following eating behaviors were considered healthy: consuming breakfast, drinking water, and having meals accompanied by parents or legal guardians. All prevalence estimates were presented proportionally, with their respective 95% confidence intervals. The Chi-square test was used to evaluate the differences in healthy eating habits prevalences according to other variables. The module survey of the Stata program version 13.0 was used to analyze complex data. RESULTS We evaluated 74,589 adolescents (72.9% of the eligible students). Of these, 55.2% were female, average age being 14.6 years (SD = 1.6). Among Brazilian adolescents, approximately half of them showed healthy eating habits when consuming breakfast, drinking five or more glasses of water a day, and having meals with parents or legal guardians. All analyzed healthy eating habits showed statistically significant differences by sex, age, type of school, session of study, or geographic region . CONCLUSIONS We suggest that specific actions of intersectoral approach are implemented for the dissemination of the benefits of healthy eating habits. Older female adolescents (15 to 17 years old) who studied in public schools, resided in the Southeast region, and whose mothers had lower education levels, should be the focus of these actions since they present lower frequencies concerning the evaluated healthy habits. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 183 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 37 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 31 | 17% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 14 | 8% |
| Researcher | 10 | 5% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 25 | 14% |
| Unknown | 57 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 51 | 28% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 30 | 16% |
| Sports and Recreations | 7 | 4% |
| Psychology | 6 | 3% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 19 | 10% |
| Unknown | 65 | 36% |
Attention Score in Context
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