Table 4. Regular dietary consumption of food items* before and after the intervention, with odds ratio of changing behavior after the proposed intervention.
Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil, 2016.
| Food items | Intervention group | Control group | Post-intervention between-group comparison | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | Before | After | |||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | OR (95% CI) | p-value | |
| Beans† | 194 | 76.6 | 185 | 73.1 | 119 | 69.2 | 120 | 69.7 | 1.29 (0.50–3.30) | 0.560 |
| Deep-fried snacks‡ | 25 | 9.4 | 29 | 10.9 | 16 | 8.7 | 20 | 20.2 | 0.41 (0.12–1.36) | 0.143 |
| Cold cuts‡ | 36 | 13.5 | 30 | 11.2 | 24 | 12.7 | 21 | 11.2 | 0.40 (0.11–1.44) | 0.161 |
| Raw/cooked vegetables† | 93 | 34.8 | 105 | 39.3 | 68 | 36.1 | 44 | 23.4 | 2.38 (1.26–4.51) | 0.007 |
| Raw salad† | 104 | 38.9 | 112 | 41.9 | 61 | 32.6 | 53 | 28.3 | 1.50 (0.78–2.90) | 0.222 |
| Cooked vegetables† | 42 | 15.6 | 47 | 17.4 | 29 | 15.4 | 20 | 10.6 | 1.45 (0.61–3.46) | 0.400 |
| Crackers‡ | 73 | 27.2 | 52 | 19.4 | 60 | 32.2 | 43 | 23.1 | 0.44 (0.18–1.10) | 0.079 |
| Cookies‡ | 62 | 23.6 | 54 | 20.6 | 60 | 33.3 | 39 | 21.6 | 1.79 (0.36–1.74) | 0.560 |
| Packaged snacks‡ | 21 | 7.9 | 19 | 7.2 | 24 | 13.1 | 22 | 12.0 | 0.80 (0.28–2.24) | 0.672 |
| Sweets‡ | 90 | 33.9 | 77 | 29.0 | 75 | 40.3 | 61 | 32.8 | 0.55 (0.27–1.13) | 0.103 |
| Fresh fruits† | 96 | 36.0 | 93 | 34.9 | 51 | 28.1 | 43 | 23.7 | 1.17 (0.60–2.29) | 0.642 |
| Milk† | 151 | 56.3 | 135 | 50.3 | 108 | 58.6 | 80 | 43.0 | 1.88 (0.97–3.67) | 0.063 |
| Soft drinks‡ | 84 | 31.2 | 61 | 22.6 | 60 | 31.9 | 54 | 28.7 | 0.36 (0.15–0.86) | 0.021 |
* Regular consumption was defined as the consumption of a food item at least five times in the previous 7 days.
† Healthy eating markers.
‡ Unhealthy eating markers. Abbreviations: OR: odds ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.