Dietary patterns and associated risk factors among school age children in urban Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding dietary patterns in the study of diet-disease relationships is crucial for designing dietary behaviour interventions. This study aimed to determine associations between dietary patterns and background characteristics among school age children (9-15 years) in Ghana.

Methods

A cross-sectional sample of 487 urban-dwelling children age 9-15 years was recruited using simple random sampling from 24 schools (12 private and 12 public) in the Ga-East Municipality in Southern Ghana. A 7-day food frequency questionnaire was used to record children's consumption of over 100 unique food items. Principal component analyses based on 14 food groups was used to describe emerging dietary patterns (DP). BMI-for-age z-scores segregated by sex were derived using WHO Anth

SUBMITTER: Ogum Alangea D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7050789 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature