1. Food Patterns According to Sociodemographics, Physical Activity, Sleeping and Obesity in Portuguese Children
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André Moreira, Patrícia Padrão, Tânia Cordeiro, Vanessa Mitchell, Renata Barros, Susana Santos, Pedro Moreira, Mariana Bessa, Carla Lopes, Vitor Hugo Teixeira, Hugo Valente, Faculdade de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação, and Faculdade de Medicina
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Gerontology ,Male ,obesity ,Cross-sectional study ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,Physical activity ,lcsh:Medicine ,physical activity ,food patterns ,children ,education ,sleeping ,Ciências da terra e ciências do ambiente [Ciências exactas e naturais] ,Social class ,Article ,Environmental health ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,medicine ,Humans ,Ciências da terra e ciências do ambiente ,Tv viewing ,Child ,Exercise ,Demography ,Portugal ,business.industry ,lcsh:R ,digestive, oral, and skin physiology ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Food Patterns ,medicine.disease ,Obesity ,language.human_language ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Earth and related Environmental sciences [Natural sciences] ,Social Class ,Food ,Child, Preschool ,language ,Female ,Portuguese ,business ,Sleep ,Body mass index ,Earth and related Environmental sciences - Abstract
Our study aimed to describe the association between food patterns and gender, parental education, physical activity, sleeping and obesity in 1976 children aged 5−10 years old. Dietary intake was measured by a semi quantitative food frequency questionnaire; body mass index was calculated and categorized according to the IOTF classification. Factor analysis and generalized linear models were applied to identify food patterns and their associations. TV viewing and male gender were significant positive predictors for fast-food, sugar sweetened beverages and pastry pattern, while a higher level of maternal education and longer sleeping duration were positively associated with a dietary patterns that included fruit and vegetables.
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- 2010
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