Social Inequalities in Breakfast Consumption among Adolescents in Spain: The DESKcohort Project

Nutrients

Gemma Salvador¹  Albert Espelt²  Ester Colillas-Malet³  Helena González-Casals³  Marina Bosque-Prous⁴  Alicia Aguilar-Martínez⁵  Anna Bach-Faig⁵  Laura Esquius⁵ 

[1] Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya, Departament de Salut, Generalitat de Catalunya, 08005 Barcelona, Spain;Departament de Psicobiologia i Metodologia en Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Bellaterra, Spain;Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences of Manresa, Universitat de Vic—Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC), 08242 Manresa, Spain;Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 08018 Barcelona, Spain;Foodlab Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 08018 Barcelona, Spain;

关键词: breakfast skipping;    adolescents;    socioeconomic position;    social inequalities;    social determinants of health;   

DOI  :  10.3390/nu13082500

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Breakfast has a critical role in energy balance and dietary regulation. Consequently, it is considered an important component of a healthy diet, especially in adolescence, when there are great opportunities to consolidate habits and establish future patterns of healthiness in adulthood. Socioeconomic position (SEP) causes inequalities that are reflected in health behaviors, physical activity, mental health, and diet. Therefore, we conducted a cross-sectional study using data from the 2019–2020 DESKcohort project (Spain) to explore the relationships between breakfast and sociodemographic characteristics, health-related behaviors, and school performance of 7319 adolescents. Our findings showed that the prevalence of skipping breakfast every day was 19.4% in girls and 13.7% in boys and was related to students’ SEP. The risk of skipping breakfast was 30% higher in girls from the most disadvantaged SEP, in comparison to those in the most advanced SEP (prevalence ratio (PR) = 1.30; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.11–1.54). Also, boys from the most disadvantaged SEP showed 28% higher risk of skipping breakfast than those in the most advanced SEP (PR = 1.28; 95% CI = 1.04–1.59). In conclusion, future public policies should be adapted considering a SEP and gender perspective to avoid increasing nutritional and health inequalities.

【 授权许可】

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