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Commercial Snack Food and Beverage Consumption Prevalence among Children 6–59 Months in West Africa
Consumption of commercial snack food and beverage products among infants, young, and school-aged children may have negative effects on child nutritional outcomes, as these foods are typically dense in energy but not in micronutrients. However, there is limited information available about the consump...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6893794/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31717487 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11112715 |
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author | Nordhagen, Stella Pries, Alissa M. Dissieka, Romance |
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description | Consumption of commercial snack food and beverage products among infants, young, and school-aged children may have negative effects on child nutritional outcomes, as these foods are typically dense in energy but not in micronutrients. However, there is limited information available about the consumption of such snacks in low-income settings, particularly in Africa. We contribute to filling this gap using data from 11,537 children aged 6–59.9 months from four West African countries (i.e., Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, and Niger). We estimated the prevalence of commercial snack food and drink consumption and explored variations within the sample by age group, urban or rural residence, household wealth status, and caregiver educational attainment. The results show that 25.7% of children in Niger, 31.5% in Burkina Faso, 42.9% in Mali, and 45.4% in Cote d’Ivoire ate at least one commercial snack food or beverage in the prior 24 h. Consumption prevalence was significantly higher in urban areas than rural areas, among older children (ages 2–5 y) than those in the complementary feeding period (6–23.9 months), and among children in wealthier households. These relationships were confirmed via logistic regression. Our results confirm the widespread consumption of commercial snack foods and drinks by young children in West Africa, a finding with relevance for nutrition policy and programming. |
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spelling | pubmed-68937942019-12-23 Commercial Snack Food and Beverage Consumption Prevalence among Children 6–59 Months in West Africa Nordhagen, Stella Pries, Alissa M. Dissieka, Romance Nutrients Article Consumption of commercial snack food and beverage products among infants, young, and school-aged children may have negative effects on child nutritional outcomes, as these foods are typically dense in energy but not in micronutrients. However, there is limited information available about the consumption of such snacks in low-income settings, particularly in Africa. We contribute to filling this gap using data from 11,537 children aged 6–59.9 months from four West African countries (i.e., Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, and Niger). We estimated the prevalence of commercial snack food and drink consumption and explored variations within the sample by age group, urban or rural residence, household wealth status, and caregiver educational attainment. The results show that 25.7% of children in Niger, 31.5% in Burkina Faso, 42.9% in Mali, and 45.4% in Cote d’Ivoire ate at least one commercial snack food or beverage in the prior 24 h. Consumption prevalence was significantly higher in urban areas than rural areas, among older children (ages 2–5 y) than those in the complementary feeding period (6–23.9 months), and among children in wealthier households. These relationships were confirmed via logistic regression. Our results confirm the widespread consumption of commercial snack foods and drinks by young children in West Africa, a finding with relevance for nutrition policy and programming. MDPI 2019-11-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6893794/ /pubmed/31717487 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11112715 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Nordhagen, Stella Pries, Alissa M. Dissieka, Romance Commercial Snack Food and Beverage Consumption Prevalence among Children 6–59 Months in West Africa |
title | Commercial Snack Food and Beverage Consumption Prevalence among Children 6–59 Months in West Africa |
title_full | Commercial Snack Food and Beverage Consumption Prevalence among Children 6–59 Months in West Africa |
title_fullStr | Commercial Snack Food and Beverage Consumption Prevalence among Children 6–59 Months in West Africa |
title_full_unstemmed | Commercial Snack Food and Beverage Consumption Prevalence among Children 6–59 Months in West Africa |
title_short | Commercial Snack Food and Beverage Consumption Prevalence among Children 6–59 Months in West Africa |
title_sort | commercial snack food and beverage consumption prevalence among children 6–59 months in west africa |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6893794/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31717487 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11112715 |
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