Lopes Wanessa Casteluber, Pinho Lucinéia de, Caldeira Antônio Prates, Lessa Angelina do Carmo
Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Diamantina, MG, Brazil.
Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, MG, Brazil.
Rev Paul Pediatr. 2020 Feb 14;38:e2018277. doi: 10.1590/1984-0462/2020/38/2018277. eCollection 2020.
To evaluate the intake of ultra-processed foods by children under 24 months of age from the city of Montes Claros and identify factors associated with this consumption.
This is a population-based cross-sectional study with data collected from households through interviews. A questionnaire assessed the sociodemographic conditions of the family, maternal and child characteristics, and food consumption. We adopted a multivariate model to identify factors associated with the intake of ultra-processed foods.
A total of 545 children participated in this study, of whom 74.3% consumed some kind of ultra-processed food. The factors most strongly associated with this consumption were children older than six months, infants who were not breastfed, households with up to three residents, and the main caregiver of the child being someone other than the mother.
Children under 24 months start consuming ultra-processed products at an early age, replacing foods considered natural and healthy. This study can contribute to guide health professionals in counseling families about feeding in the first years of life, emphasizing the proper introduction of complementary feeding and discouraging the consumption of ultra-processed products.
评估蒙蒂斯克拉罗斯市24个月以下儿童超加工食品的摄入量，并确定与这种消费相关的因素。
这是一项基于人群的横断面研究，通过访谈从家庭收集数据。一份问卷评估了家庭的社会人口状况、母婴特征和食物消费情况。我们采用多变量模型来确定与超加工食品摄入量相关的因素。
共有545名儿童参与了本研究，其中74.3%食用了某种超加工食品。与这种消费最密切相关的因素是6个月以上的儿童、非母乳喂养的婴儿、居民人数不超过三人的家庭以及儿童的主要照顾者不是母亲。
24个月以下的儿童在很小的时候就开始食用超加工产品，取代了被认为天然健康的食物。本研究有助于指导卫生专业人员为家庭提供关于生命最初几年喂养的咨询，强调正确引入辅食并劝阻食用超加工产品。
