title: Identification of dietary patterns of adolescents attending public schools.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to identify the dietary patterns of adolescents attending public municipal schools in Northern Minas Gerais, Brazil, and to test the association between these patterns and socioeconomic variables and nutritional status of the adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  this was an analytical, cross-sectional study with randomized sample of 474 adolescents of both genders, between 11 and 17 years of age, attending municipal public schools in the urban area of Montes Claros, MG, Brazil. The parents provided demographic and economic data. The nutritional status (body mass index - BMI) of the adolescents was determined at school, and their dietary habits were assessed though the administration of the Food Frequency Questionnaire for Adolescents (FFQA). Based on 26 categories extracted from FFQA, dietary patterns were determined using principal component analysis (PCA) and associated to anthropometric and socioeconomic factors using multiple regression analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the three dietary patterns identified, "junk food," "healthy," and "traditional", explained 23.26%, 6.90%, and 5.24% of data variability, respectively. Adolescents with per capita family income exceeding half a minimum wage were more likely to consume the "junk food" pattern (OR=1.66; 95% CI=1.07-2.56), and overweight adolescents had lower chances of eating the "healthy" food pattern (OR=0.56, 95% CI=0.35-0.91).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  deviations from the "healthy" patterns were not associated to low income, but rather to bad eating habits in the studied population. Overweight adolescents did not adhere to the "healthy" dietary pattern, emphasizing the need for nutritional education among them.
authors.affiliation: Departament of Physiopathology, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (Unimontes), Montes Claros, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: lucineiapinho@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Lucinéia de
authors.initials: Ld
authors.lastname: Pinho
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (Unimontes), Montes Claros, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marise Fagundes
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Silveira
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (Unimontes), Montes Claros, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Cristina de Carvalho
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Botelho
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (Unimontes), Montes Claros, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Antônio Prates
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Caldeira
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000145:classification; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012574:Schools / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: Adolescentes; Adolescents; Análise de Componentes Principais; Eating Behavior; Padrões Alimentares; Principal Component Analysis