Socioeconomic differences in food habits among 6‐ to 9‐year‐old children from 23 countries—WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI 2015/2017)

• DOI: 10.1111/obr.13211
• Publication Date: 2021-07-08T06:02:44Z
• Authors: Anne‐Siri Fismen; Marta Buoncristiano; Julianne Williams; Arnfinn Helleve; Shynar Abdrakhmanova; Márta Bakacs; Ingunn Holden Bergh; Khadichamo Boymatova; Vesselka Duleva; Anna Fijałkowska; Marta García‐Solano; Andrea Gualtieri; Enrique Gutiérrez...; Tatjana Hejgaard; Constanta Huiduma...; Jolanda Hyska; Cecily C. Kelleher; Lene Kierkegaard; Enisa Kujundžić; Marie Kunešová; Sanja Musić Milan...; Paola Nardone; Eha Nurk; Sergej M. Ostojic; Lütfiye Hilal Ozcebe; Valentina Peterkova; Ausra Petrauskiene; Iveta Pudule; Sanavbar Rakhmatu...; Ivo Rakovac; Ana Isabel Rito; Harry Rutter; Elena Sacchini; Dragana Stojisavl...; Victoria Farrugia...; Lela Shengelia; Angela Spinelli; Igor Spiroski; Maya Tanrygulyyeva; Zhamilya Usupova; Daniel Weghuber; João Breda
• Keywords: Consumption

Summary Background Socioeconomic differences in children's food habits are a key public health concern. In order to inform policy makers, cross‐country surveillance studies of dietary patterns across socioeconomic groups required. The purpose this study was examine associations between status (SES) and habits. Methods based on nationally representative data from children aged 6–9 years ( n = 129,164) 23 countries the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region. Multivariate multilevel analyses were used explore (consumption fruit, vegetables, sugar‐containing soft drinks) parental education, perceived family wealth employment status. Results Overall, present suggests that unhealthy associated with lower SES, particularly as assessed by education wealth, but not We found cross‐national regional variation SES extent which respective indicators related diet. Conclusion exist majority Asian examined study. results relevance when addressing strategies, actions, interventions targeting social inequalities diets.