Table 2 The frequency of unhealthy food consumption by age group, breastfeeding status and region of residence in children under 1 year of age in the Brazilian capitals and the Federal District, 2008
Processed juice | Sodas | Coffee | Cookie/Salted Snacks | Sugar/Honey | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Age group | p = 0.0001 | p = 0.0006 | p = 0.0001 | p = 0.0001 | p = 0.0001 | |||||
0 to 5.9 m | 289 | 1.6 | 70 | 0.8 | 96 | 0.5 | 867 | 4.7 | 2638 | 14.3 |
6 to 12 m | 1797 | 11.8 | 1261 | 8.2 | 1040 | 6.8 | 8981 | 59 | 7609 | 49.9 |
Breastfeeding status | p = 0.0001 | p = 0.0001 | p = 0.0001 | p = 0.0001 | p = 0.0001 | |||||
Yes | 1341 | 5.1 | 910 | 3.5 | 769 | 2.9 | 6343 | 24.3 | 6498 | 24.8 |
No | 727 | 10.0 | 405 | 5.6 | 359 | 4.9 | 3432 | 47.4 | 3665 | 50.4 |
Child’ sex | p = 0.9044 | p = 0.8937 | p = 0.2215 | p = 0.0498 | p = 0.3043 | |||||
Female | 1030 | 6.1 | 654 | 3.9 | 543 | 3.2 | 5001 | 29.9 | 4961 | 29.7 |
Male | 1056 | 6.2 | 677 | 4.0 | 593 | 3.5 | 4847 | 28.6 | 5286 | 31.1 |
Mothers’ age | p = 0.7193 | p = 0.0008 | p = 0.0034 | p = 0.7381 | p = 0.0165 | |||||
<20 years | 341 | 6.8 | 259 | 5.2 | 228 | 4.6 | 1408 | 28.3 | 1571 | 31.5 |
20 to 35 years | 1233 | 5.8 | 775 | 3.7 | 660 | 3.1 | 5934 | 28.2 | 6103 | 28.9 |
≥35 years | 138 | 4.4 | 87 | 2.79 | 68 | 2.2 | 821 | 26.5 | 809 | 26.0 |
Maternal work | p = 0.0237 | p = 0.0001 | p = 0.0001 | p = 0.0001 | p = 0.0001 | |||||
Outside the home | 428 | 7.5 | 228 | 4.0 | 193 | 3.4 | 2095 | 37.0 | 2020 | 35.6 |
Not working/Maternity license | 1237 | 5.6 | 854 | 3.8 | 732 | 3.3 | 5770 | 26.0 | 6057 | 27.3 |
Maternal education level | p = 0.0003 | p = 0.0001 | p = 0.0001 | p = 0.0001 | p = 0.0001 | |||||
No schooling | 65 | 10.4 | 38 | 6.0 | 39 | 6.2 | 215 | 34.3 | 245 | 38.9 |
Elementary school | 702 | 6.5 | 539 | 5.0 | 483 | 4.5 | 3218 | 30.2 | 3460 | 32.4 |
High school | 769 | 5.5 | 459 | 3.3 | 385 | 2.8 | 3794 | 27.5 | 3950 | 28.5 |
College | 208 | 4.9 | 96 | 2.3 | 64 | 1.5 | 1028 | 24.4 | 934 | 22.1 |
Region of residence | p = 0.0001 | p = 0.2944 | p = 0.061 | p = 0.0001 | p = 0.0001 | |||||
North | 633 | 8.0 | 485 | 6.1 | 387 | 4.9 | 1904 | 24.3 | 2444 | 31.0 |
Northeast | 409 | 3.4 | 229 | 1.9 | 276 | 2.3 | 3432 | 29.0 | 4052 | 34.2 |
Midwest | 369 | 8.2 | 200 | 4.4 | 156 | 3.5 | 1422 | 31.7 | 1177 | 26.2 |
Southeast | 421 | 6.7 | 275 | 4.3 | 176 | 2.8 | 2022 | 32.2 | 1686 | 26.7 |
South | 254 | 7.9 | 142 | 4.4 | 141 | 4.4 | 1068 | 33.3 | 888 | 27.7 |