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Energy, nutrients and food sources in snacks for adolescents and young adults / Energia, nutrientes e fontes alimentares em lanches de adolescentes e jovens adultos

Lopes, Tatiane dos Santos; Mello, Aline Veroneze de; Nogueira, Luana Romão; Leme, Ana Carolina Barco; Fisberg, Regina Mara.
Rev. Paul. Pediatr. (Ed. Port., Online) ; 40: e2020148, 2022. tab, graf
Artículo en Inglés | LILACS-Express | ID: biblio-1288036
ABSTRACT

Objective:

To evaluate associations between snacking and energy, nutrients and food source, and to identify the contribution of snacking across age, sex, weight status and lifestyle behaviors among adolescents and young adults.

Methods:

A sub-sample was calculated from the population-based cross-sectional study 2015-Health Survey of São Paulo (ISA-Capital). The survey "ISA-Nutrição" used a sample of non-institutionalized individuals aged >15 years. For this study, only adolescents (12-18 years old; n=418) and young adults (19-29 years old; n=218) were included. Snacks were identified, and their contribution to energy, nutrients, and food sources were calculated. Descriptive statistics and logistic regressions were used.

Results:

Participants experienced an average of 2.9±0.6 snacking occasions per day. Young adults consumed more energy from morning and night snacks, and adolescents, from afternoon snacks. The top three food sources on snacking contributed to 30.5% of energy cookies (11.8%), sugar sweetened beverages (9.4%), sweets and other desserts (9.3%). Although results were non-significant, being a female (Odds Ratio [OR] 0.93; 95% confidence interval [95%CI] 0.36-1.49), meeting the physical activity recommendations (OR 0.75; 95%CI 0.25-1.25), and scoring higher for the healthy eating index (OR 0.88; 95%C 0.24-1.52) were all factors related to increased intake of snacks. Alternatively, overweight individuals (OR -0.54; 95%CI -1.00 to -0.08) consumed less snacks.

Conclusions:

Improving the quality of snacks should be considered in behavior-change strategies.
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