ADHERENCE TO THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN (1ST CYCLE)
ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize the adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) in students from elementary schools in Porto and Maia and analyze its association with sleep hygiene, physical activity, cardiometabolic risk, and school performance. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with 89...
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| author | Goreti Filipa Santos Marques Sara Maria Oliveira Pinto Ana Catarina Rodrigues da Silva Reis Tânia Daniela Barbosa Martins Ana Paula da Conceição Ana Rita Vieira Pinheiro |
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| description | ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize the adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) in students from elementary schools in Porto and Maia and analyze its association with sleep hygiene, physical activity, cardiometabolic risk, and school performance. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with 891 Portuguese students: 455 boys (51%) and 436 girls (49%), aged between 9 and 11 years old (mean [M]=9.2, standard deviation [SD]=0.4), with an average weight of 35.9 kg (SD=8.1), average height of 1.4 m (SD=0.1), average body mass index (standardized BMI Z score for the pediatric age group) of 0.76 (SD=1.21); 59.5% of them had normal weight and 15.9% were obese. The students filled a questionnaire on the adherence to the Mediterranean Diet (Mediterranean Diet Quality Index in Children and Adolescents [KIDMED]), participated in a socio-demographic interview, and had their anthropometric data collected after their parents signed the informed consent form. Results: The results suggest high levels of adherence to the MD (77.6%) both in males and females. Using Pearson’s correlation coefficient, we found that the Z score was positively associated to cardiometabolic risk and the starting age of an extracurricular physical activity, and negatively associated to the average hours of sleep on a typical day both in males and females. We also identified a negative relation between KIDMED and the starting age of physical activity. Conclusions: This study has contributed to the knowledge of adherence to the MD among Portuguese elementary students and correlations with variables associated to a healthier lifestyle (MD, hours of sleep, and physical activity). Future studies should focus their attention on other countries and more heterogeneous samples. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1b8514dc1be14297b2484d360ad076342022-12-21T23:36:35ZengSociedade de Pediatria de São PauloRevista Paulista de Pediatria1984-04622020-08-013910.1590/1984-0462/2021/39/2019259ADHERENCE TO THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN (1ST CYCLE)Goreti Filipa Santos Marqueshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1342-4916Sara Maria Oliveira Pintohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3817-1182Ana Catarina Rodrigues da Silva Reishttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0986-6092Tânia Daniela Barbosa Martinshttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8390-191XAna Paula da Conceiçãohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2211-1505Ana Rita Vieira Pinheirohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4310-7652ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize the adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) in students from elementary schools in Porto and Maia and analyze its association with sleep hygiene, physical activity, cardiometabolic risk, and school performance. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with 891 Portuguese students: 455 boys (51%) and 436 girls (49%), aged between 9 and 11 years old (mean [M]=9.2, standard deviation [SD]=0.4), with an average weight of 35.9 kg (SD=8.1), average height of 1.4 m (SD=0.1), average body mass index (standardized BMI Z score for the pediatric age group) of 0.76 (SD=1.21); 59.5% of them had normal weight and 15.9% were obese. The students filled a questionnaire on the adherence to the Mediterranean Diet (Mediterranean Diet Quality Index in Children and Adolescents [KIDMED]), participated in a socio-demographic interview, and had their anthropometric data collected after their parents signed the informed consent form. Results: The results suggest high levels of adherence to the MD (77.6%) both in males and females. Using Pearson’s correlation coefficient, we found that the Z score was positively associated to cardiometabolic risk and the starting age of an extracurricular physical activity, and negatively associated to the average hours of sleep on a typical day both in males and females. We also identified a negative relation between KIDMED and the starting age of physical activity. Conclusions: This study has contributed to the knowledge of adherence to the MD among Portuguese elementary students and correlations with variables associated to a healthier lifestyle (MD, hours of sleep, and physical activity). Future studies should focus their attention on other countries and more heterogeneous samples.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-05822021000100412&tlng=ptObesityChildrenDiet |
| spellingShingle | Goreti Filipa Santos Marques Sara Maria Oliveira Pinto Ana Catarina Rodrigues da Silva Reis Tânia Daniela Barbosa Martins Ana Paula da Conceição Ana Rita Vieira Pinheiro ADHERENCE TO THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN (1ST CYCLE) Revista Paulista de Pediatria Obesity Children Diet |
| title | ADHERENCE TO THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN (1ST CYCLE) |
| title_full | ADHERENCE TO THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN (1ST CYCLE) |
| title_fullStr | ADHERENCE TO THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN (1ST CYCLE) |
| title_full_unstemmed | ADHERENCE TO THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN (1ST CYCLE) |
| title_short | ADHERENCE TO THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN (1ST CYCLE) |
| title_sort | adherence to the mediterranean diet in elementary school children 1st cycle |
| topic | Obesity Children Diet |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-05822021000100412&tlng=pt |
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