TIME TREND ANALYSIS OF EATING PRACTICE INDICATORS IN BRAZILIAN CHILDREN UNDER 24 MONTHS, ACCORDING TO RACE/SKIN COLOR, BETWEEN THE YEARS 2015-2022.
Breastfeeding; Food and Nutrition Surveillance; Racial group; Health Information Systems; Food Intake; Child.
Objective: To analyze the temporal trend of indicators of eating practices in Brazilian children under 24 months, extracted from the food consumption marker records of the Food and Nutrition Surveillance System Web, between the years 2015 to 2022. Methods: Ecological time series study with stratification by macroregion and race/skin color. Reports were extracted from the following indicators: exclusive breastfeeding; continued breastfeeding; minimum dietary diversity; and consumption of ultra-processed foods. The Annual Increment Rate was calculated using Prais-Winsten regression to verify the behavior of the temporal trend. Results: In this period, in Brazil, for the general population there was a decreasing temporal trend for the indicators of exclusive breastfeeding and ultra-processed foods and a stationary trend for the indicator of continued breastfeeding and minimum dietary diversity. With opposite behavior in black + brown race/skin color for exclusive breastfeeding and continued breastfeeding. Conclusion: Brazilian children under 24 months with black and brown race/skin color showed an increasing trend for indicators of exclusive and continued breastfeeding, while children with white race/skin color had a stationary trend.