[Association of children's consumption of processed foods and family income in the city of São Paulo, Brazil].
OBJECTIVE
To describe children's consumption of processed foods and its relationship with per capita family income based on a household survey.


METHODS
Food consumption was studied in a statistical sample of 718 children living in the city of São Paulo in the period 1995-1996. A 24-hour dietary recall was used. Data regarding the association of children's consumption of 24 processed foods and per capita family income (arranged in quartiles) was analyzed.


RESULTS
Consumption of sugar was higher among children of low income families whereas the consumption of chocolate powder, chocolate, yogurt, infant formula and soft drinks was higher among children of high income families (p< 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
It seems that per capita family income affects the consumption of some processed foods.
de Aquino
Rita de Cássia
Rde C
Departamento de Nutrição, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. rcaquino@uol.com.br
Philippi
Sonia Tucunduva
ST
D001938:Brazil; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004034:Diet Surveys; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005511:Food Handling; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007223:Infant; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009749:Nutrition Surveys