Food Patterns According to Sociodemographics, Physical Activity, Sleeping and Obesity in Portuguese Children

• Autor(a) principal: Pedro Moreira
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Susana Santos, Patricia Padrao, Tania Cordeiro, Mariana Bessa, Hugo Valente, Renata Barros, Vitor Teixeira, Vanessa Mitchell, Carla Lopes, Andre Moreira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/52563
• topic: Ciências da terra e ciências do ambiente; Earth and related Environmental sciences

Our study aimed to describe the association between food patterns and gender, parental education, physical activity, sleeping and obesity in 1976 children aged 5-10 years old. Dietary intake was measured by a semi quantitative food frequency questionnaire; body mass index was calculated and categorized according to the IOTF classification. Factor analysis and generalized linear models were applied to identify food patterns and their associations. TV viewing and male gender were significant positive predictors for fast-food, sugar sweetened beverages and pastry pattern, while a higher level of maternal education and longer sleeping duration were positively associated with a dietary patterns that included fruit and vegetables.