Unfavourable food consumption is exacerbated by low socioeconomic status among children aged 1-5 years in Germany.

ABSTRACT: Diet in the first years of life is a key determinant of lifelong disease risk and is highly affected by socio-economic status (SES). However, the specific relation between SES and food consumption in toddlers and preschoolers is poorly understood. This study assesses SES-related differences in food consumption in 1- to 5-year-olds in Germany using weighed food records (3 + 1 d) of a subsample of 887 children from the cross-sectional Children's Nutrition Survey to Record Food Consumption (KiESEL) undertaken between 2014 and 2017. Children were categorised as having a low, medium or high SES depending on parental income, education and occupation. A two-step generalised linear model corrected for age and sex was applied to assess differences in food consumption, using bootstrapping to address

SUBMITTER: Burgard L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12491392 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature