ARTIGO ARTICLE 1 Eating patterns in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil): an exploratory analysis Letícia de Oliveira Cardoso 1 Padrões alimentares no Estudo Longitudinal de Marilia Sá Carvalho 2 Saúde do Adulto (ELSA-Brasil): Oswaldo Gonçalves Cruz 2 Cristiane Melere 3 uma análise exploratória Vivian Cristine Luft 3 Maria del Carmen Bisi Molina 4 Patrones alimenticios en el Estudio Longitudinal de Carolina Perim de Faria 4 Isabela M. Benseñor 5 Salud del Adulto (ELSA-Brasil): Sheila Maria Alvim Matos 6 un análisis exploratorio Maria de Jesus Mendes da Fonseca 1 Rosane Harter Griep 7 Dóra Chor 1 Abstract The food consumption of 15,071 public employees was analyzed in six 1 Escola Nacional de Saúde Correspondence Pública Sergio Arouca, L. O. Cardoso Brazilian cities participating in the baseline for Brazilian Longitudinal Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio Escola Nacional de Saúde Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil, 2008-2010) with the aim of identify- de Janeiro, Brasil. Pública Sergio Arouca, 2 Programa de Computação Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. ing eating patterns and their relationship to socio-demographic variables. Científica, Fundação Rua Leopoldo Bulhões 1480, Multiple correspondence and cluster analysis were applied. Four patterns Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, sala 813, Rio de Janeiro, RJ were identified, with their respective frequencies: “traditional” (48%); Brasil. 22763-195, Brasil. 3 Faculdade de Medicina,
[email protected] “fruits and vegetables” (25%); “pastry shop” (24%); and “diet/light” (5%) The Universidade Federal do Rio “traditional” and “pastry shop” patterns were more frequent among men, Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil. younger individuals, and those with less schooling.