Roya Kelishadi1, Nafiseh Mozafarian1, Mostafa Qorbani2,3, Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh4, Saeid Safiri5, Gelayol Ardalan1, Mojtaba Keikhah1, Fatemeh Rezaei6, Ramin Heshmat7. 1. Paediatrics Department, Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. 2. Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Baghestan Boulevard, 31485/56, Karaj, Iran. mqorbani1379@yahoo.com. 3. Chronic Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. mqorbani1379@yahoo.com. 4. Paediatrics Department, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. 5. Managerial Epidemiology Research Center, Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran. 6. Department of Social Medicine, Medical School, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran. 7. Chronic Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. rheshmat@tums.ac.ir.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The present inquiry set to assess the relationship between snack consumption and meal skipping in Iranian children and adolescents. METHODS: Overall, 14,880 students, aged 6-18 years, were selected via multistage cluster sampling method from rural and urban areas of 30 provinces of Iran. A validated questionnaire of food behaviors including questions on snacks consumption and taking/skipping meals was completed. Consuming and skipping meals and their related factors were reported in both crude and adjusted models. RESULTS: Overall, 13,486 students with a mean age of 12.47 ± 3.36 years completed the study (90.6% participation rate). Among them, 32.08, 8.89, and 10.90% skipped breakfast, lunch, and dinner, respectively. Compared to their counterpart groups, the frequency of meal skipping was higher in girls, urban inhabitants, and students in higher school grades (P < 0.05). Snack consumption was associated with an increased odds ratio of meal skipping in many types of snack groups. CONCLUSIONS: Meal skipping and snack consumption were frequent among Iranian children and adolescents. Evidence based interventions are proposed to improve the students' eating habits.
PURPOSE: The present inquiry set to assess the relationship between snack consumption and meal skipping in Iranian children and adolescents. METHODS: Overall, 14,880 students, aged 6-18 years, were selected via multistage cluster sampling method from rural and urban areas of 30 provinces of Iran. A validated questionnaire of food behaviors including questions on snacks consumption and taking/skipping meals was completed. Consuming and skipping meals and their related factors were reported in both crude and adjusted models. RESULTS: Overall, 13,486 students with a mean age of 12.47 ± 3.36 years completed the study (90.6% participation rate). Among them, 32.08, 8.89, and 10.90% skipped breakfast, lunch, and dinner, respectively. Compared to their counterpart groups, the frequency of meal skipping was higher in girls, urban inhabitants, and students in higher school grades (P < 0.05). Snack consumption was associated with an increased odds ratio of meal skipping in many types of snack groups. CONCLUSIONS: Meal skipping and snack consumption were frequent among Iranian children and adolescents. Evidence based interventions are proposed to improve the students' eating habits.
Authors: Suzy Ferreira de Sousa; Vaneza Lira Waldow Wolf; Mariana Conteiro San Martini; Daniela de Assumpção; Antônio Azevedo de Barros Filho Journal: Rev Paul Pediatr Date: 2020-06-19