RESEARCH ARTICLE Households with and without the presence of adolescents, probability of expenditure on food consumed away from home, according to ENAHO 2021: a cross-sectional study [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review] Michelle Lozada-Urbano 1 , Giuliana Del Castillo 2 , Soledad Dionisia Llañez 3 , Maria Luisa Dextre 4 , Angel Porfirio Padilla Sarria 5 , Franklin Huamán 6 , Delsi Mariela Huaita Acha 1 , Oriana Rivera-Lozada 1 1 South American Center for Education and Research in Public Health, Private University Norbert Wiener, Lima District, Lima Region, Peru 2 Nutrición y Dietética, Universidad Privada del Norte, Lima, Lima, Peru 3 Academic Department of Bromatology and Nutrition, Universidad Nacional Jose Faustino Sanchez Carrion, Huacho, Lima Region, Peru 4 Academic Department of Nutrition, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima District, Lima Region, Peru 5 Escuela de Nutrición y Dietética, Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazon, La Molina, Lima Region, Peru 6 Facultad de Ingeniería Económica, Estadística y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Lima, Peru First published: 09 Oct 2023, 12:1296 https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.140524.1 Latest published: 09 Oct 2023, 12:1296 https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.140524.1 v1 Abstract Background: The objective of this study was to compare the probability of spending on food consumed outside the home in families with and without adolescents. Methods: This is a cross-sectional, quantitative study, developed with the report from the National Household Survey (ENAHO) of Peru for the year 2021. Households selected from the database included those with an adolescent and without an adolescent in its composition and who made expenditures on food consumed away from home. Households were selected according to number of household members, place of origin, sex of the self-reported head of the household, ethnicity, educational attainment, marital status of the head of the household, age of the head of the household, and according to the poverty variable. Results: Households with adolescents and without adolescents spend monthly in Food away from home [Peruvian Soles (USD), SD]; [216.1 (57.17), 3.82] and [159.1 (42.10), 2.94] respectively. The average expenditure (Peruvian Soles) on food consumed away from home Open Peer Review Approval Status AWAITING PEER REVIEW Any reports and responses or comments on the article can be found at the end of the article. Page 1 of 15 F1000Research 2023, 12:1296 Last updated: 09 OCT 2023