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Association of household composition with dietary patterns among adolescents in Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 January 2023

Marielly Rodrigues de Souza ,
Amanda Cristina de Souza Andrade ,
Mendalli Froelich ,
Ana Paula Muraro  and
Paulo Rogério Melo Rodrigues Open the ORCID record for Paulo Rogério Melo Rodrigues [Opens in a new window]
Marielly Rodrigues de Souza
Affiliation:
Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brazil
Amanda Cristina de Souza Andrade
Affiliation:
Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brazil
Mendalli Froelich
Affiliation:
Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brazil
Ana Paula Muraro
Affiliation:
Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brazil
Paulo Rogério Melo Rodrigues*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brazil Faculdade de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brazil
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*Corresponding author: Paulo Rogério Melo Rodrigues, email prmr84@gmail.com
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Abstract

The present study identified dietary patterns (DP) and analyse their association with household composition. This is a cross-sectional school-based study, with a nationally representative sample of Brazilian adolescent students, aged 11–19 years, with data from National School Health Survey (n 102 072). Food consumption was obtained through the weekly frequency of consumption of food markers, and the confirmatory factor analysis was applied to examine the latent variables ‘Healthy’ (beans, legumes/vegetables and fresh fruit/fruit salad) and ‘Unhealthy’ (ultra-processed foods, sweets, soft drinks and snacks) DP. The association between household composition and DP was estimated considering lives with both parents as reference category. Among adolescents aged 11–14 years, adherence to healthy DP was lower for boys who lived only with mother (β = –2·1), and boys (β = –4·9) and girls (β = –4·5) who lived without any parents. Adherence to unhealthy DP was higher among boys (β = 7·6) and girls (β = 6·0) who lived only with mother, and boys (β = 4·6) and girls (β = 5·3) who lived only with father. For older adolescents (aged 15–19 years), adherence to the unhealthy DP was higher among boys who lived only with mother (β = 3·9) or only with father (β = 5·3) and girls who lived only with mother (β = 6·3). Adherence to healthy DP was lower among girls who lived only with father (β = –9·0). Thus, adolescents who lived in single-parent households had lower adherence to healthy DP and greater adherence to unhealthy DP. Among younger adolescents of both sexes, living without any parent contributed to lower adherence to healthy DP.

Keywords

Household compositionDietary patternsAdolescentsFood surveys
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Research Article
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British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 130 , Issue 7 , 14 October 2023 , pp. 1213 - 1219
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Nutrition Society

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