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Family income and education were related with 30-year time trends in dietary and meal behaviors of American children and adolescents

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Kant, Ashima K., Graubard, Barry I.·2013·The Journal of Nutrition

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Recent survey data reveal the persistence of long-acknowledged socioeconomic status (SES) differentials in the prevalence of obesity in U.S. children and adolescents. We examined 30-y changes in the association of dietary and meal behaviors with family income and education to understand the possible contribution of these trends to SES trends in obesity rates in 2- to 19-y-old Americans. We used dietary and SES data for 2- to 19-y olds from the NHANES 1971-1974 to 2003-2008 (n = 39,822). The secular changes in the independent association of family income and education with 24-h dietary behaviors [energy intake (kcal), amount of foods and beverages (g), percent energy from all beverages and from nutritive beverages, and energy density of foods] and 24-h meal behaviors [number of eating occasions, energy from snack episodes (%), and mention of breakfast] were examined using multivariable regression methods. The secular increase in energy intake and food and beverage amount was significant in the lowest family SES categories. The positive association of family income and education with intakes of energy, food amounts, and beverage energy, noted in 1971-1974 or 1976-1980, was not observed in later surveys. There was an age gradient in changes in most diet and SES associations over time, with largest adverse changes in 12- to 19-y olds. Higher education was associated with lower energy from snack episodes, breakfast skipping, and energy density of foods and these associations did not change over time. Overall, these results suggest both income and education differentials in secular increases in food amounts and energy intakes.

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  • People with lower income in the US are more likely to skip breakfast and have fewer eating occasions in general.

    “people with lower income in the US are more likely to skip breakfast (92) and have fewer eating occasions in general (184).”

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    The Discussion reports that higher family income was associated with more eating occasions among US children aged 6–11 and adolescents aged 12–19. That supports the fewer-eating-occasions portion attributed to this source, but not its extension to people in the US generally. The breakfast claim has a separate citation and is not assessed here. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  1. IOM Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth. Preventing childhood obesity: health in the balance. Extent and consequences of childhood obesity. Washington, DC: National Acad- emies Press; 2005.
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Authors
Kant, A. K., & Graubard, B. I.
Affiliations
  • Queens College, CUNY (US)
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
Corresponding author
Kant, Ashima K.
Venue
The Journal of Nutrition
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-05
Volume
143
Issue
5
Pages
690-700
ISSN
0022-3166 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2164055997
Cited by
100
References
64
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 2
FWCI
9.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
Update notices
erratum (2013-08-01)
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Nutrition (publishedVersion, public-domain)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Cancer Institute
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R21HD060217, HD060217)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
Keywords
household income, parental education, socioeconomic status, childhood obesity, adolescents, dietary behavior, energy intake, food and beverage intake, breakfast skipping, secular trends, NHANES
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Energy Intake, Child, Child, Preschool, Diet, Educational Status, Female, Humans, Income, Male, Social Class, United States, Young Adult, Meals

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