Quality of food choices of Brazilian adolescents according to individual earnings

Bibliographic Data

ID15096705
AuthorsMarina Campos Araujo (0000-0002-7980-6618, Ministério da Saúde, corresponding author), Diana Barbosa Cunha (0000-0003-0900-5628, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro), Ilana Nogueira Bezerra (0000-0002-2072-0123, Universidade Estadual do Ceará), Maria Beatriz Trindade De Castro (0000-0001-6618-4007, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Rosely Sichieri (0000-0001-5286-5354, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)
Year2017
Volume20
Issue17
Pages3145-3150
Publication date2017-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublic Health Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1368980017002099
PMID28851473
OpenAlexW2752166837
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited31

Objective To evaluate the quality of food choices according to adolescent individual earnings in Brazil. Design Adolescents were classified according to their individual earnings as having or not having spending power for their own expenses. Food records from two non-consecutive days of the Brazilian National Dietary Survey (NDS 2008–2009) were used to estimate food intake. Quality of food choices was based on two approaches: (i) the NOVA classification, which classifies processed and ultra-processed foods and drinks as unhealthy food groups; and (ii) traditional classification, with beans, milk, fruits and vegetables as healthy food groups, and soft drinks, sweets, snacks and crackers classified as unhealthy. We compared mean food intake (g/kJ or ml/kJ) according to per capita household income (tertiles) and adolescent individual earnings, with adolescent earnings adjusted for household income, using multiple linear regression. Setting Brazilian households ( n 13 569). Subjects Adolescents aged 14–18 years ( n 3673). Results Males without individual earnings had higher per capita household income than those with individual earnings. Household income was associated with all three food groups of the NOVA classification and seven of the eight groups of the traditional classification. However, only beans and snacks were consumed in significantly greater quantities by adolescents with individual earnings compared with those without earnings. Conclusions Adolescent individual earnings were not the main driver of food choices; however, per capita household income was associated with food choices. The consumption of both healthy and unhealthy items increased with increasing household income

Agricultural economics · Consumption (sociology · Earnings · Economics · Environmental health · Food consumption · Geography · Household income · Per capita · Population · Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling · Demography · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

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