The COVID-19 pandemic and changes in eating habits of Brazilian adolescents
Introduction: The social distancing imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic influenced lifestyle and modified dietary patterns. Our objective was to evaluate the consumption of fruits and vegetables (FV), and ultra-processed foods (UPF), before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to identify the so...
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| author | Crizian Saar Gomes Nathália Mota Mattos Santi Danilo Rodrigues Pereira da Silva André Oliveira Werneck Célia Landmann Szwarcwald Marilisa Berti de Azevedo Barros Deborah Carvalho Malta |
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| description | Introduction: The social distancing imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic influenced lifestyle and modified dietary patterns. Our objective was to evaluate the consumption of fruits and vegetables (FV), and ultra-processed foods (UPF), before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to identify the sociodemographic factors associated. Methods: This study used data from the “Convid Adolescents”, a survey on health behaviors that were collected through an online questionnaire self-completed by 9.470 adolescents between 12 and 17 years of age during the pandemic in Brazil in 2020. Individuals were invited to participate through a chain-sampling procedure called “virtual snowballing”. Information about FV, and UPF consumption before and during the pandemic period were reported. The independent variables used were sex, age group, race/color of skin, kind of school, education level of the mother, region of Brazil, financial difficulties during the pandemic, food insecurity, and social restrictions. Logistic regression models were used. Results: There was a reduction in the low consumption of FV (83.5% to 80.3%) and there was no significant difference in the high consumption of UPF (38.9% to 38.1%) before and during the pandemic. The incidence of low consumption of FV and high consumption of UPF during the pandemic was 20% and 13.8%, respectively. Girls, private school adolescents, who reported having food insecurity and financial difficulties during the pandemic were the most affected subgroups. Conclusions: Despite little change in the prevalence of FV and UPF consumption before and during the pandemic, the incidence of high consumption of UPF and low FV consumption was high, and it identified in specific population subgroups. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fbe8e1fcd9aa473290978e6c281ed84c2022-12-22T03:00:18ZengElsevierDialogues in Health2772-65332022-12-011100070The COVID-19 pandemic and changes in eating habits of Brazilian adolescentsCrizian Saar Gomes0Nathália Mota Mattos Santi1Danilo Rodrigues Pereira da Silva2André Oliveira Werneck3Célia Landmann Szwarcwald4Marilisa Berti de Azevedo Barros5Deborah Carvalho Malta6Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Medicina, Programa de Pós Graduação em Saúde Pública, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Corresponding author at: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Medicina, Programa de Pós Graduação em Saúde Pública, Av. Alfredo Balena, 190 – Santa Efigênia, Belo Horizonte, MG 30130-100, Brazil.Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Medicina, Programa de Pós Graduação em Saúde Pública, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Sergipe, Departamento de Educação Física, São Cristóvão/SE, BrazilUniversidade de São Paulo (USP), Escola de Saúde Pública, Departamento de Nutrição, São Paulo, BrazilInstituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BrazilUniversidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Departamento de Saúde Coletiva, Campinas, SP, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Enfermagem, Departamento de Enfermagem Materno Infantil e Saúde Pública, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, BrazilIntroduction: The social distancing imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic influenced lifestyle and modified dietary patterns. Our objective was to evaluate the consumption of fruits and vegetables (FV), and ultra-processed foods (UPF), before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to identify the sociodemographic factors associated. Methods: This study used data from the “Convid Adolescents”, a survey on health behaviors that were collected through an online questionnaire self-completed by 9.470 adolescents between 12 and 17 years of age during the pandemic in Brazil in 2020. Individuals were invited to participate through a chain-sampling procedure called “virtual snowballing”. Information about FV, and UPF consumption before and during the pandemic period were reported. The independent variables used were sex, age group, race/color of skin, kind of school, education level of the mother, region of Brazil, financial difficulties during the pandemic, food insecurity, and social restrictions. Logistic regression models were used. Results: There was a reduction in the low consumption of FV (83.5% to 80.3%) and there was no significant difference in the high consumption of UPF (38.9% to 38.1%) before and during the pandemic. The incidence of low consumption of FV and high consumption of UPF during the pandemic was 20% and 13.8%, respectively. Girls, private school adolescents, who reported having food insecurity and financial difficulties during the pandemic were the most affected subgroups. Conclusions: Despite little change in the prevalence of FV and UPF consumption before and during the pandemic, the incidence of high consumption of UPF and low FV consumption was high, and it identified in specific population subgroups.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772653322000703COVID-19PandemicsAdolescenceEating habitsFeeding behavior |
| spellingShingle | Crizian Saar Gomes Nathália Mota Mattos Santi Danilo Rodrigues Pereira da Silva André Oliveira Werneck Célia Landmann Szwarcwald Marilisa Berti de Azevedo Barros Deborah Carvalho Malta The COVID-19 pandemic and changes in eating habits of Brazilian adolescents Dialogues in Health COVID-19 Pandemics Adolescence Eating habits Feeding behavior |
| title | The COVID-19 pandemic and changes in eating habits of Brazilian adolescents |
| title_full | The COVID-19 pandemic and changes in eating habits of Brazilian adolescents |
| title_fullStr | The COVID-19 pandemic and changes in eating habits of Brazilian adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | The COVID-19 pandemic and changes in eating habits of Brazilian adolescents |
| title_short | The COVID-19 pandemic and changes in eating habits of Brazilian adolescents |
| title_sort | covid 19 pandemic and changes in eating habits of brazilian adolescents |
| topic | COVID-19 Pandemics Adolescence Eating habits Feeding behavior |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772653322000703 |
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