DIFERENÇAS NO CONSUMO ALIMENTAR DE ADOLESCENTES NA REGIÃO CENTRO-OESTE E OUTRAS REGIÕES BRASILEIRAS

Abstract

The study aimed to analyze the frequency of consumption of healthy and unhealthy foods and differences in knowledge and consumption of typical Brazilian food among adolescents in the Midwestern region, comparing it to other regions. Cross-sectional study conducted with 10,514 adolescents, aged 13 and 14 years and who responded to the online questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS statistical software, using univariate analysis to estimate the frequency of food consumption and association with chi-square test for categorical variables as knowledge and national food consumption. The level of significance was 5%. We observed high frequency of food consumption markers of a unhealthy diet and low frequency of food consumption markers of a healthy diet. Adolescents from the Midwestern Region had higher frequency of consumption of beans and vegetables and lower frequency of consumption of fried snacks and biscuits, with significant difference (p < 0.001) for the other regions. National foods were widely known, except for the character, that only 32.1% of adolescents in the Midwest Region reported knowing. The typical consumption of these foods was well varied and differed significantly from other regions to yams, tripe, cassava, rice Wagoner, hominy and grape. Highlights the need for more specific investigations of the presence of food in the national housing and convivial atmosphere and investigations in consumption that include the achievement of Food and Nutritional Security. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]