Evidence of Unhealthy Dietary Patterns in the School Lunch Sent from Home for Children in Mexico City.

ABSTRACT: The identification and characterization of dietary patterns are tools that are used to assess associations between diet and health or disease conditions. In Mexico, studies have examined dietary patterns in children for breakfast or for the whole day, but not specifically for their school lunch. The aim was to describe dietary patterns identified in school lunch and their association with the nutritional status and metabolic parameters of schoolchildren. In this cross-sectional study on schoolchildren from four elementary schools of Mexico City, we recorded anthropometry measurements, a fasting blood sample was collected, and metabolic parameters were determined. We obtained information on the foods and beverages that children brought for their school lunch; estimated the caloric and nutri

SUBMITTER: Flores-Moreno BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9517523 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature