Sugar-sweetened beverage intake in South American children: validation of a food frequency questionnaire and consumption pattern

• Grant number: 19/10852-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2019
• End date: October 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Collective Health - Epidemiology
• Principal Investigator: Augusto César Ferreira de Moraes
• Grantee: Gabriele da Luz Mello
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Saúde Pública (FSP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 17/20317-0 - New frontiers in pediatric nutritional and cardiovascular health: methods development to assess the double burden of malnutrition and ideal cardiovascular health in low-in-middle income countries - SAYCARE cohort study, AP.JP

Abstract

With the growth of sugar consumption in the world, it has also been observed in the last decades, the increase in the intake of sugary drinks, since its intake among children older than five years exceeds WHO recommendations. However, measurement methods can influence these estimates. Therefore, this cross-sectional study aims to test the predictive value of a food frequency questionnaire on sugary drinks compared to insulin resistance and glycemia in children from six cities in South America The study participants are preschoolers and students aged 5 to 7 years, enrolled in public and private schools in Buenos Aires (Argentina), Lima (Peru), Medellin (Colombia), São Paulo and Teresina (Brazil), being the sample distributed proportionally based on the presence of a specialized research center with experience and that participated in the pilot phase of the study. The sample will be selected by random sampling by type of school and classrooms. At each visit, data collection procedures were performed for social and environmental factors, family environment, food intake, preference and food schools, and blood samples. For the statistical analysis will be used descriptive analysis by means of calculations of mean, standard deviation, percentages and 95% confidence interval, and the analysis of predictive validity of the questionnaire to respond to objective I, through the 2x2 contingency table. The criterion of statistical significance adopted is ± = 5% for all hypothesis tests.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ARAUJO-MOURA, KEISYANNE; SOUZA, LETICIA GABRIELLE; MELLO, GABRIELE LUZ; FERREIRA DE MORAES, AUGUSTO CESAR. Blood pressure measurement in pediatric population: comparison between automated oscillometric devices and mercury sphygmomanometers-a systematic review and meta-analysis. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, v. 181, n. 1, JUL 2021. (19/10852-0, 19/13527-3, 19/24224-1, 17/20317-0, 19/02617-1)