Respiratory health symptoms among schoolchildren in relation to possible food-related risk and protective factors

dc.contributor.authorWright, Caradee Yael
dc.contributor.authorNkosi, Vusumuzi
dc.contributor.authorWichmann, Janine
dc.contributor.emailjanine.wichmann@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-01T08:28:00Z
dc.date.available2018-06-01T08:28:00Z
dc.date.issued2018-03-13
dc.descriptionAntony J. Mundackal collected the data as part of his MSc research project under the supervision of JanineWichmann and Caradee Y.Wright at the School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractRespiratory health outcomes are among the top five causes of child morbidity and mortality around the world. We aimed to investigate possible food-related risk and protective factors for respiratory health outcomes in children. Structured questionnaires completed by primary caregivers of 10-year old children were used to collect information on demographics, socio-economic status, house characteristics and child respiratory health status. Upper (URIs) and Lower (LRIs) respiratory illnesses comprised hay fever, and wheezing, asthma and bronchitis, respectively. Eight hundred questionnaires were distributed, 648 retrieved and 420 completed in full (52.5% response rate). The hay fever 6-month prevalence was 22.4% and wheezing had the highest 6-month prevalence among the LRIs (13.8%). The majority of children ate vegetables (75.5%), fruit (69.3%) and chicken or fish (81.7%) regularly. Nearly half of the children (45.5%) regularly ate processed food. Eating processed food regularly was statistical significantly associated with wheeze (Adjusted Odds Ratio (OR) = 2.65; 95% CI: 1.38–5.08), hay fever (OR = 1.62; 95% CI: 1.09–2.64) and bronchitis (OR = 1.27; 95% CI: 1.06–2.56). The study found an association between regular consumption of processed foods and wheeze, hay fever and bronchitis among 10 year old children. The regular consumption of processed food plays a role in adverse respiratory health effects among children and healthy eating is emphasized.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentGeography, Geoinformatics and Meteorologyen_ZA
dc.description.departmentSchool of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH)en_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2018en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipA Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Parliamentary Grant, the National Research Foundation (NRF) and the South African Medical Research Council.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerphen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWright, C.Y., Nkosi, V. & Wichmann, J. 2018, 'Respiratory health symptoms among schoolchildren in relation to possible food-related risk and protective factors', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 15, no. 3, art. no. 502. pp. 1-10.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1660-2959 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.3390/ijerph15030502
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/65065
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherMDPI Publishingen_ZA
dc.rights© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.en_ZA
dc.subjectRespiratory health symptomsen_ZA
dc.subjectChildrenen_ZA
dc.subjectRisk factorsen_ZA
dc.subjectAir pollutionen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.titleRespiratory health symptoms among schoolchildren in relation to possible food-related risk and protective factorsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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