Secular trends in dietary patterns of young children in Brazil from 1996 to 2006.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe dietary patterns (DP) from 1996 to 2006 and in the first 5 years of life and to explore individual and contextual characteristics associated with each DP.

Design

DP were defined by principal component analysis. The association between DP and individual (sociodemographic, maternal and child) and contextual (geographic regional and year) characteristics was analysed by multilevel analysis.

Setting

Two complex probabilistic Brazilian Demographic and Health Surveys (BDHS 1996, 2006).

Subjects

Brazilian children under 5 years of age.

Results

DP1 included yoghurt, vegetables, fruits, tubers, red meat. DP2 included liquids, milk, fruits, egg/chicken/fish, red meat, breast milk (negative loading). DP3 included fruit juices, 'papilla', yoghu

SUBMITTER: Rinaldi AEM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10261588 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature