[Eating and life style habits in primary school student population from Mataro (Barcelona) associated with consumption of sugar and TV watching].
BACKGROUND
Most important trends of knowledge and behaviour are built on childhood and adolescence. Thus, to act on non healthy habits at early ages should have more impact in the development of later diseases.


METHODS
2,898 primary school students answered a written self administered questionnaire containing items about Dietary habits life-style habits, and familiar socioeconomic level. Cluster analysis was used to obtain the profile of student groups with higher probabilities to develop the risk habits studied.


RESULTS
High consumption of television is associated with older ages, refreshments intake, and moderate consumption of sugar. On the other hand, high consumption of sugar is associated with older ages, usual intake of candies, type of school, low intake of raw vegetables, and low consumption of fruits.


CONCLUSIONS
Other non healthy dietary and lifestyle habits show clustering in high consumers of television and/or sugar. The influence of socioeconomic level on getting risk habits is well stated; however, the role played by this variable in the results of our study remains uncertain, probably due to the utilization of indirect data. The resultants profiles suggest that the presence of some non healthy lifestyle habits, such as high television and sugar consumption, tends to cluster other risk habits in the same person.
Ruano Ruano
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Instituto de Investigación Epidemiológica y Clínica (IREC), PASS, Mataró.
Serra Pujol
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D019422:Dietary Sucrose; D004435:Eating; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools; D013030:Spain; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D013690:Television; D013997:Time Factors
D019422:Dietary Sucrose