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- Title
Relación entre el estatus socioeconómico y el consumo de bebidas en niños: Estudio de Cuenca.
- Authors
Milla Tobarra, Marta; García Hermoso, Antonio; Lahoz García, Noelia; Notario Pacheco, Blanca; de la Cruz, Lidia Lucas; Pozuelo Carrascosa, Diana P.; García Meseguer, María José; Martínez-Vizcaíno, Vicente; Lucas de la Cruz, Lidia; Martínez Vizcaíno, Vicente A
- Abstract
<bold>Introduction: </bold>beverage consumption constitutes a source of children's daily energy intake. Some authors have suggested that consumption of caloric beverages is higher in children with a low socioeconomic position because families limit their spending on healthy food in order to save money.<bold>Objective: </bold>the aim of this study was to explore the relationship between socioeconomic status and Spanish children's beverage consumption.<bold>Methods: </bold>a cross-sectional study was conducted in a sub-sample of 182 children (74 girls) aged 9-11 from the province of Cuenca (Spain). Beverage consumption was assessed using the YANA-C assessment tool, validated for HELENA study. Data for parental socioeconomic status were gathered by using self-reported occupation and education questions answered by parents and classified according to the scale proposed by the Spanish Society of Epidemiology.<bold>Results: </bold>beverage intake was higher in children belonging to a middle-status family than in those of upper socioeconomic status (p = 0.037). The energy from beverages was similar in most water intake categories, except for water from beverages (p = 0.046). Regarding other beverages categories, middle-status children had higher consumption levels. In contrast, lower status children drank more fruit juices and skimmed milk. All of these do not show statistically significant differences.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>our study did not find significant associations between beverages consumption and socioeconomic status in children. In fact, intake for most beverage categories was higher in middle-status children than in both other socioeconomic groups. Future research is needed in order to identify this complex relation between socioeconomic inequality and beverage intake behavior.
- Subjects
SPAIN; BEVERAGE consumption; CHILD nutrition; CHILDREN'S health; CHILDREN; SOCIAL status; BEVERAGES; CARBONATED beverages; FOOD habits; PHYSICAL fitness; SOCIAL classes; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Nutrición Hospitalaria, 2018, Vol 35, Issue 2, p368
- ISSN
0212-1611
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.20960/nh.1259