Baya Botti, Ana Maria

Khatiwada, Durga

Kolsteren, Patrick

Perez Cueto Eulert, Armando

Vasquez Monllor, P

Verbeke, Wim

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Arch Public Health 2009, 67 (Supplement 1), 29-30    1  Ghent University, Department of Food Safety and Food Quality, Ghent, Belgium 2 Nutrition and Child Health Unit, Department of Public Health, Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine,   Antwerp, Belgium 3 Ghent University, Department of Agricultural Economics, Ghent, Belgium 4 Faculdade de Engenharia dos Alimentos, Universidade de Campinas, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz   Distrito de Barão Geraldo, Campinas, Brasil  Correspondence: durgakt@yahoo.com Nutritional status and dietary patterns of a nationally representative sample of attending school Bolivian  adolescents  by Khatiwada D1, Baya Botti A1,2, Perez-Cueto F3, Verbeke W3, Vasquez Monllor P4,  Kolsteren P1,2   Objective: To describe nutritional status and dietary patterns of a nationally representative sample of Bolivian adolescents Design and setting: Cross-sectional study Setting: Bolivia, September 2005 to June 2007. Data from 34 clusters randomly selected by population proportions from the 327 counties school districts lists.  Subjects and methods: 3445 adolescents (age 12 - 18 y, mean age 15.5y SD 1.8) attend-ing public and private schools from urban and rural areas completed a food-frequency and socio-demographic questionnaire, and underwent anthropometric measurements by trained personnel. BMI was calculated from measured heights and weights. The Bolivian Adoles-cents Percentiles Reference (BAP) was used for nutritional classification. Bolivia, September 2005 to June 2007. Data from 34 clusters randomly selected by population proportions from the 327 counties school districts lists. Results: Incomplete questionnaires for BMI-for age data, under-reporters (EI: BMR≤0.92) and over-reporters (EI: BMR≥2.4) were removed (2.7%, 23.6% and 18.2 % respectively). Da-ta of 1836 adolescents’ were analyzed (45.6%boys, 54.4% girls). The majority of respondents had healthy weight (83.6%), 8.3% were overweight, 4.5% obese and 3.6% un-derweight. Mean daily consumption of major food groups were 260g of cereal and derived products, 156g meat and derived, 10g fish and seafood, 205g milk and dairy, 21g eggs, 265g fruits, 208g tubers, 31g sugar and sugar products, and 234g vegetables and pulses. Boys consumed more cereal and cereal products (p <0.001) and milk and dairy products (p=0.029) than girls, while the latter ate more vegetables and pulses (p<0.001). No gender differences were observed in other food groups. Adolescents from urban schools consumed higher quantities of meats and dairy products (p<0.001). Adolescents from rural schools ate more 30 Khatiwada D, Baya Botti A, Perez-Cueto F, Verbeke W, Vasquez Monllor P, Kolsteren P.  eggs, tubers and roots (p<0.001) than their urban counterparts. Private schools’ adolescents consumed more milk and dairy products and fruits (p<0.001) than those from public schools. Tubers and roots, vegetables and pulses (p<0.001) consumption was higher in public schools.  Conclusions: This nationally representative study highlights socio-demographic disparities in food intake patterns of Bolivian adolescents. 

Nutritional status and dietary patterns of a nationally representative sample of attending school Bolivian adolescents

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