Authors
Giesy Ribeiro de Souza, Andreia Oliveira, Milton Severo, Priscila Ribas de Farias Costa, Dayana Rodrigues Farias, Bárbara Hatzlhoffer Lourenço, Lais Silva Sacramento, Leila D Amorim, Rita de Cássia Ribeiro-Silva, Maurício Lima Barreto
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Public health nutrition. Pages 1-24. Jul 06, 2026. Epub Jul 06, 2026.
Abstract
i) Define children's dietary patterns at three developmental stages-early childhood (1 to <3 years), preschool age (3 to <6 years), and school age (6 to <11 years)-and assess transitions over time; ii) Verify the association between exposure to exclusive breastfeeding and the trajectory of patterns.
Cohort study using 2008-2019 data from the Brazilian Food and Nutritional Surveillance System.
Standardized markers of previous-day food intake identified dietary patterns. Latent Transition Analysis assessed shifts over time and estimated the effect of exclusive breastfeeding for 3-6 months on dietary pattern transitions.
135,340 children.
Two dietary patterns emerged: higher ultra processed food intake and lower ultra processed food intake. Patterns showed notable stability over time. Exclusively breastfed children following a lower ultra processed food pattern in early childhood had 11% higher odds (OR = 1.11, 95% CI = 1.06 - 1.16) of maintaining this pattern at preschool age. Exclusively breastfed children in the lower ultra processed food pattern had a 10% lower likelihood (OR = 0.90, 95% CI = 0.86 - 0.95) of transitioning to a higher ultra processed food pattern at preschool age.
Dietary patterns in Brazilian children showed significant stability from early childhood to school age. Exclusive breastfeeding may protect against transitioning to high ultra-processed food patterns.
PMID:
42402446
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 06 Jul 2026.
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