Beyond maternal education: Socio-economic inequalities in children’s diet in the ABCD cohort

Viyan Rashid, Peter J M Weijs, Marielle F Engberink, Arnoud P Verhoeff and Mary Nicolaou

PLOS ONE, 2020, vol. 15, issue 10, 1-13

Abstract: Objective: We examined whether the role of maternal education in children’s unhealthy snacking diet is moderated by other socio-economic indicators. Methods: Participants were selected from the Amsterdam Born Children and their Development cohort, a large ongoing community-based birth cohort. Validated Food Frequency Questionnaires (FFQ) (n = 2782) were filled in by mothers of children aged 5.7±0.5yrs. Based on these FFQs, a snacking dietary pattern was derived using Principal Component Analysis. Socio-economic indicators were: maternal and paternal education (low, middle, high; based on the highest education completed) household finance (low, high; based on ability to save money) and neighbourhood SES (composite score including educational level, household income and employment status of residents per postal code). Cross-sectional multivariable linear regression analysis was used to assess the association and possible moderation of maternal education and other socio-economic indicators on the snacking pattern score. Analyses were adjusted for children’s age, sex and ethnicity. Results: Low maternal education (B 0.95, 95% CI 0.83;1.06), low paternal education (B 0.36, 95% CI 0.20;0.52), lower household finance (B 0.18, 95% CI 0.11;0.26) and neighbourhood SES (B -0.09, 95% CI -0.11;-0.06) were independently associated with higher snacking pattern scores (p

Date: 2020
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