Food consumption in the school environment, nutritional status and blood pressure in adolescents from two educational settings, Córdoba, 2018.
Introduction: Adolescents spend long periods of time in school. Kiosks and school canteens usually offer ultraprocessed products with high content of calories, saturated fat and sodium. The daily consumption of these foods would contribute to the increase of overweight and obesity wich represent a r...
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Universidad Nacional Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Secretaria de Ciencia y Tecnología
2019
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| Sumario: | Introduction: Adolescents spend long periods of time in school. Kiosks and school canteens usually offer ultraprocessed products with high content of calories, saturated fat and sodium. The daily consumption of these foods would contribute to the increase of overweight and obesity wich represent a risk for the development of noncommunicable diseases.
Objective: To evaluate the relationship among food consumption in the school environment and the nutritional status and blood pressure of adolescents in two schools of Córdoba province during the year 2018.
Methodology: Observational, correlational and cross-sectional study, n=255 adolescents. Food supply inside schools and in the surrounding area was investigated. Also, the nutritional status (according to BMI/age), blood pressure: altered -BPA-(SBP and/or DBP >percentile90)/unaltered; types of food consumed in the school environment (ultraprocessed, processed or fresh) and place of purchase, was assessed in adolescents through a validated self-administered survey (Study SAYCARE). To assess the association between the variables, Chi2 test was applied and three models of multiple logistic regression were adjusted including the presence of BPA, obesity or overweight as outcome and the type of food consumed in the school environment, total energy intake, level of physical activity, sex and age as covariates.
Results: In the surrounding kiosks and in schools kiosks/canteens, the offer of ultraprocessed products predominated. 15% of adolescents were overweight, 21% had obesity and 14% had BPA. Adolescents who consume more than three ultra-processed foods in school, doubled the possibility of suffering from obesity in comparison to those who consume one or less ultra-poccesed foods (OR 2.67 CI90% 1, 12-6,36). There was no association between BPAand the origin or type of food consumed in the school environment (OR 2.39 CI95% 0,949-6,023).
Conclusion: Higher consumption of ultraprocessed products in school settings was associated with the presence of obesity. Studying eating habits among adolescents in the school environment constitute an essential input in order to carry out health-promoting actions during this period. |
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