title: [Food consumption and asthma in school children in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the relation between diet and the development of asthma and allergic rhinitis in schoolchildren from Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
  
  
  METHODS
  We apply the ISAAC's questionnaire in 5460 schoolchildren from 6 to 8 and 11-14-year-old of elementary level selected in random form. Six groups of food were formed using a hierarchic clusters analysis and the association was evaluated using logistic regression models.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The consumption of fast food had an adverse effect for current wheezing (OR=1.82; CI95%=1.16-2.87) and the consumption of tidbits for more than three episodes of wheezing (OR=2.26; CI95%=1.04-4.95) and nasal symptoms without cold, OR=1.35 (IC95%;1.06-1.71).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study provides evidence that the diet plays a very important role since the high consumption of fast food and tidbits increased the risk of asthma and rhinitis symptoms.
authors: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 62508 Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors: Rosa Inés
authors: RI
authors: Gutiérrez-Delgado
authors: Albino
authors: A
authors: Barraza-Villarreal
authors: María Consuelo
authors: MC
authors: Escamilla-Núñez
authors: Maritsa
authors: M
authors: Solano-González
authors: Hortensia
authors: H
authors: Moreno-Macías
authors: Isabelle
authors: I
authors: Romieu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D004032:Diet; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires