We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Social Inequalities in Changes in Diet in Adolescents during Confinement Due to COVID-19 in Spain: The DESKcohort Project.
- Authors
Aguilar-Martínez, Alicia; Bosque-Prous, Marina; González-Casals, Helena; Colillas-Malet, Ester; Puigcorbé, Susanna; Esquius, Laura; Espelt, Albert; Wilson, Dawn K.
- Abstract
Adolescence is a critical period in the consolidation of healthy lifestyles that can last into adulthood. To analyze changes in food consumption and eating behaviors in high-school adolescents during the first confinement, a cross-sectional study was conducted at the end of confinement in Spain. Changes in the frequency or quantity of consumption of different types of food and food-related behaviors were analyzed. Socioeconomic and health-related variables were also considered. To determine whether dietary changes were related to socioeconomic position (SEP), Poisson regression models with robust variance were estimated. Overall, there were some changes towards a healthier diet such as an increase in fruit consumption (38.9%) and a decrease in the consumption of soft drinks (49.8%), sweets and pastries (39.3%), and convenience foods (49.2%). Some changes, however, were related to less healthy behaviors, such as a more irregular pattern of meal distribution (39.9%) or an increase in snacking between meals (56.4%). Changes towards less healthy eating were also related to students' SEP. The risk of worsening the diet was found to be 21% higher in adolescents from a more disadvantaged SEP. Future public policies could be adapted to avoid increasing nutritional and health inequalities.
- Subjects
SPAIN; FOOD habits; SNACK foods; COVID-19; CROSS-sectional method; INGESTION; REGRESSION analysis; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; SOCIAL isolation; PACKAGED foods; FOOD; HEALTH behavior; FRUIT; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CARBONATED beverages; STUDENTS; POISSON distribution; ADOLESCENCE
- Publication
Nutrients, 2021, Vol 13, Issue 5, p1577
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu13051577