سامانه کنگره های دانشگاه علوم پزشکی و خدمات بهداشتی و درمانی آذربایجان غربی

صفحه اصلی / بیستمین همایش سالیانه بیماری های شایع گوارش و کبد کودکان ایران و دومین همایش بین المللی چاقی کودکان

Is snack consumption associated with meal skipping in children and adolescents? The CASPIAN-IV study

نویسندگان :

Mojtaba Keikha¹ Roya Kelishadi²

1- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran 2- Paediatrics Department, Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

کلمات کلیدی :

Snack consumption،Meal skipping،obesity،Children،Adolescents

چکیده :

Background and Aim: The present inquiry set to assess the relationship between snack consumption and meal skipping in Iranian children and adolescents. Methods: Overall, 14,880 students, aged 6–18 years, were selected via multistage cluster sampling method from rural and urban areas of 30 provinces of Iran. A validated questionnaire of food behaviors including questions on snacks consumption and taking/skipping meals was completed. Consuming and skipping meals and their related factors were reported in both crude and adjusted models. Results: Overall, 13,486 students with a mean age of 12.47±3.36 years completed the study (90.6% participation rate). Among them, 32.08, 8.89, and 10.90% skipped breakfast, lunch, and dinner, respectively. Compared to their counterpart groups, the frequency of meal skipping was higher in girls, urban inhabitants, and students in higher school grades (P<0.05). Snack consumption was associated with an increased odds ratio of meal skipping in many types of snack groups. Conclusion: Meal skipping and snack consumption were frequent among Iranian children and adolescents. Evidence based interventions are proposed to improve the students’eating habits.