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0363/2020 - Changes in the frequency of meals of adolescents living in a socially vulnerable area in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro
Mudanças na frequência do consumo de refeições em adolescentes residentes em área de vulnerabilidade social da região metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro

Author:

• Rebecca de Almeida Maravalhas - Maravalhas, R. de A. - <rebecca.maravalhas@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9167-4382

Co-author(s):

• Danilo Dias Santana - Santana, D.D - <dias.danilo@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9769-7435
• Rosana Salles-Costa - Salles-Costa, R. - <rosana@nutricao.ufrj.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2307-4083
• Gloria Valeria da Veiga - Veiga, G.V - <gveiga@nutricao.ufrj.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7985-0213


Abstract:

The aim of this study was to describe changes in the frequency of meals in adolescents living in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, over a 5-year period. Datatwo cross-sectional, population-based studies held by home visits were used. In 2005, the final sample was 1089 households with 511 adolescents (aged 12 to 18 years) and in 2010, 1121 households with 314 adolescents. The consumption frequency of meals was obtained through a self-administered questionnaire and the assessment of the adolescents\' weight adequacy was carried out based on the cut-off points of the BMI by sex and age group. There was an increase in the daily substitution of traditional lunch for snacks (3.7% to 13.7%) and in the consumption of traditional dinner (62.9% to 72.0%). Overweight adolescents consumed breakfast less frequently than those without overweight (2005: 68.3% vs 79.3% p=0.02, 2010: 59.5% vs 77.4% p=0.03). It was concluded that there was an increase in the daily substitution of traditional lunch for snacks and in the traditional dinner consumption in the period of 5 years. In addition, the practice of daily breakfast was associated with BMI classification at both times of the study, so that those who are overweight consume breakfast less frequently.

Keywords:

meals, adolescents, body mass index.

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Maravalhas, R. de A., Santana, D.D, Salles-Costa, R., Veiga, G.V. Changes in the frequency of meals of adolescents living in a socially vulnerable area in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2020/Dec). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/changes-in-the-frequency-of-meals-of-adolescents-living-in-a-socially-vulnerable-area-in-the-metropolitan-region-of-rio-de-janeiro/17845?id=17845



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