Profile of food consumption in the first childhood of individuals belonging to birth cohort of 2004 - Pelotas / RS

Objetivos: identificar o perfil alimentar de crian??as na primeira inf??ncia e avaliar sua variabilidade segundo fatores demogr??ficos, socioecon??micos e comportamentais. M??todos: No estudo perinatal da coorte de nascimentos de Pelotas (Sul do Brasil) participaram 4.231 crian??as as quais foram acompanhadas com 3, 12, 24, e 48 meses. As informa????es sobre consumo alimentar das crian??as foram coletadas atrav??s de uma lista de alimentos em 24 horas (LA24) aos 12, 24 e 48 meses de idade atrav??s desses dados foram identificados perfis alimentares usando an??lise de componentes principais (ACP) para cada uma das idades estudadas. Resultados: Foram identificados cinco componentes em cada um dos acompanhamentos. Quatro deles foram iguais em tr??s acompanhamentos, os quais foram denominados leites, base, bebida e lanche. Um componente chamado adulto apareceu aos 12 e 24 meses e o guloseimas, aos 48 meses. As maiores diferen??as foram encontradas entre o perfil alimentar e os grupos de n??vel econ??mico medido pelo IEN em todos os acompanhamentos. O leite materno apareceu, aos 12 meses como o perfil que melhor explicou a alimenta????o das crian??as. Aos 48 meses, o leite materno n??o apareceu e pode-se mostrar uma tend??ncia crescente, monot??nica, do escore leites (leite de vaca e achocolatado) com o n??vel econ??mico, indicando maior consumo destes alimentos, quanto mais rica a fam??lia. O componente guloseimas (48 meses) esteve associado ao maior consumo de doces, chocolate e chips, o qual apresentou associa????o negativa com n??vel econ??mico e escolaridade da m??e. O fato da crian??a ter sido cuidada fora de casa foi uma caracter??stica de extrema import??ncia na diferencia????o dos perfis alimentares, conforme o avan??o da idade. Conclus??o: Nossos resultados mostraram que em per??odo t??o precoce quanto a inf??ncia os perfis alimentares j?? se mostram associados a caracter??sticas sociais (escolaridade, n??vel socioecon??mico e cuidado da crian??a) e comportamentais (dura????o do aleitamento materno, uso de mamadeira e bico).Objectives: To identify the eating profile of children in early childhood and to assess its variability according to demographic, socioeconomic and behavioral factors. Methods: 4,231 children participated in the study of perinatal birth cohort from Pelotas, southern Brazil, who were followed at 3, 12, 24, and 48 months. Information on children's food intake were collected through a list of foods consumed in last 24 hours before interviews (LF24) at 12, 24 and 48 months of age. Principal components analysis (PCA) was carried out in order to identify eating profiles for each age studied. Results: We identified five components in each follow-up. Four of them were equal in three follow-ups, which were called milks, base, beverage and snack. A component called adult appeared at 12 and 24 months and another, called treats, at 48 months. The greatest differences were found between the dietary profile and socioeconomic groups in all the trimmings. Milks was the profile that best explained the children s diet at 12 months. At 48 months, breast milk doesn t appear anymore and at this age milks (cow's milk and chocolate milk) shows an monotonic and increasing trend in relation to economic level, indicating that richest families tends to present great consumption of theses foods. The component sweets at 48 months of age was associated with greater consumption of sweets, chocolate and chips, which were negatively associated with socioeconomic status and maternal education. Child care outside home was a characteristic extremely important for differentiation of eating profiles, with aging. Conclusion: Our results showed that in times such early childhood, food profiles already associated with social (education, socioeconomic status and child care) and behavioral (duration of breastfeeding, bottle feeding and pacifier) characteristics