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Association between dietary patterns and overweight/obesity in Mexican school children
Author(s) -
Rodriguez Sonia,
MundoRosas Verónica,
GarcíaGuerra Armando,
ShamahLevy Teresa
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.23.1_supplement.550.23
Subject(s) - overweight , obesity , logistic regression , medicine , environmental health , cluster (spacecraft) , consumption (sociology) , demography , endocrinology , social science , sociology , computer science , programming language
Objective To identify dietary patterns and to evaluate their association with overweight/obesity (OW/OB) in Mexican school children. Methods Dietary patterns were defined by k‐means cluster analysis based on a 7 day semi‐quantitative FFQ from 8252 children (5 to 11 y old) from the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey (2006). Weight and height were measured and OW/OB prevalence was estimated with BMI. A logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the association of dietary pattern with OW/OB adjusting by age, dwelling (rural or urban) and survey design. After logistic regression analysis, the estimation of prevalence ratio was estimated. Results Five dietary patterns were identified: pattern 1 (high consumption of sweet cereals), pattern 2 (high consumption of tortillas), pattern 3 (high consumption of sweet beverages, meat and candies) pattern 4 (high consumption of sweet beverage, snacks, fat), and pattern 5 (high consumption of milk and candies). The global prevalence of OW/OB in children was 25.5%. Pattern 4 was associated with more risk of OW/OB (PR=1.35, p<0.01). Patterns 1, 3, and 5 showed trend to increase the risk of OW/OB, but no significant differences were showed. Conclusions A dietary pattern with high consumption of sweet beverages, snacks and fat was associated with increased risk of overweight and obesity in Mexican school children.