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Ultra-processed food consumption is associated with variations in daily routines in elementary schoolchildren during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile

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Title Ultra-processed food consumption is associated with variations in daily routines in elementary schoolchildren during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
 
Creator Fretes, Gabriela
Corvalán, Camila
Economos, Christina D.
Wilson, Norbert L.W.
Cash, Sean B.
 
Subject child nutrition
coronavirus
coronavirus disease
coronavirinae
covid-19
diet
feeding
food consumption
learning
learning capacity
processed foods
schools
 
Description Objective: To assess the association between child ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption and home-school learning environment characteristics during school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic in schoolchildren with low- and middle-income in Chile. Design: Cross-sectional. UPF consumption was collected using the Nova screener. We apply the structured days hypothesis (SDH) to assess home-school learning environment characteristics with three constructs that summarized school preparedness for online teaching and learning, school closure difficulties for caregivers, and child routine. We explored associations between child UPF consumption and home-school environment characteristics using multivariate linear regression analyses after controlling for child demographic and school characteristics. Setting: Low- and middle-income neighborhoods in southeastern Santiago, Chile. Participants: Children from the Food Environment Chilean Cohort (n 428, 8-10 years old).
Results: Based on the Nova score, child mean consumption of UPF was 4.3 (SD 1.9) groups. We found a statistically significant negative association between child routine for eating, play, and study, and child UPF consumption when we adjusted for child sociodemographic (Model 1: -0.19, (95% CI -0.40 – 0.02)) and school characteristics (Model 2: -0.20, (95% CI -0.41 –0.00)). Associations between school preparedness for online teaching or school closure difficulties and UPF were not statistically significant. Conclusions: Variations in child routines during the COVID-19 pandemic were negatively associated with UPF intake in schoolchildren with low- and middle-income. Our findings are consistent with the SDH, suggesting the school environment helps regulate eating behaviors. Future research should evaluate what happens when children return to in-person classes at school.
 
Date 2023-10
2023-08-03T18:40:35Z
2023-08-03T18:40:35Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Fretes, Gabriela; Corvalán, Camila; Economos, Christina D.; Wilson, Norbert L.W.; and Cash, Sean B. Ultra-processed food consumption is associated with variations in daily routines in elementary schoolchildren during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile. Public Health Nutrition. Article in press. First published online August 2, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980023001593
1368-9800
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131390
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980023001593
 
Language en
 
Relation Public Health Nutrition
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Publisher Cambridge University Press (CUP)
 
Source Public Health Nutrition