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Salud Pública de México
Print version ISSN 0036-3634
Abstract
RAMIREZ-RAMIREZ, Celina et al. School breakfast consumption and its association with weight gain in girls of San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Salud pública Méx [online]. 2020, vol.62, n.3, pp.270-278. Epub May 16, 2022. ISSN 0036-3634. https://doi.org/10.21149/10471.
Objective:
To evaluate the consumption of cold school breakfast (CSB) and its association with weight gain in the preschool and school beneficiary population in San Luis Potosí.
Materials and methods:
A longitudinal study was conducted on 255 girls and boys from 3 to 8 years old. The weight gain was measured during one year and the total energy intake was estimated by means of a frequency of consumption questionnaire. The energy from CSB was divided into terciles and its association with weight gain was estimated through multiple linear regression.
Results:
In schoolchildren, the interaction between the energy tercile of CSB and sex showed that the girls of the second and third tercile gained 500g (p=0. 063) and 800g (p=0. 015) more, respectively.
Conclusion:
Higher energy consumption from school breakfast is associated with an increase in weight gain in school-age girls.
Keywords : school breakfasts; weight gain; preschoolers; schoolchildren; Mexico.
