Global trends in ultraprocessed food and drink product sales and their association with adult body mass index trajectories
Vandevijvere S, Jaacks LM, Monteiro CA, Moubarac JC, Girling-Butcher M, Lee AC, Pan A, Bentham J, Swinburn B
Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 243 citations
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- Cross-sectional study (classified by our AI screen)
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- Health markers and function
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- Funding not disclosed
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- Published
- 2019-05-17 · Obes Rev · vol. 20 · issue S2 · pp. 10–19
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- Wiley
- Cited
- 362 citations · more than 100% of similar papers · 45.1× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 53 works
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- Free to read
- Research areas
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Keywords
- Body mass index, Per capita, Demography, Confounding, Medicine, Volume (thermodynamics), Population, Geography, Environmental health, Internal medicine
- MeSH
- humans, body mass index, food industry, beverages, food, female, male, global health
9 authors
From NZ, BE, US, BR, CA, CN, GB
- Stefanie Vandevijvere · correspondingUniversity of Auckland; Sciensano (Belgium); Institut Scientifique de Santé Publique
- Lindsay M. JaacksBoston University; Harvard University; Harvard Global Health Institute
- Carlos Augusto MonteiroUniversidade de São Paulo
- Jean‐Claude MoubaracUniversité de Montréal
- Martin Girling‐ButcherUniversity of Auckland
- Arier Chi-Lun LeeUniversity of Auckland
Abstract
This study evaluated global trends in ultraprocessed food and drink (UPFD) volume sales/capita and associations with adult body mass index (BMI) trajectories. Total food/drink volume sales/capita from Euromonitor for 80 countries (2002-2016) were matched to mean adult BMI from the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (2002-2014). Products were classified as UPFD/non-UPFD according to the NOVA classification system. Mixed models for repeated measures were used to analyse associations between UPFD volume sales/capita and adult BMI trajectories, controlling for confounding factors. The increase in UPF volume sales was highest for South and Southeast Asia (67.3%) and North Africa and the Middle East (57.6%), while for UPD, the increase was highest for South and Southeast Asia (120.0%) and Africa (70.7%). In 2016, baked goods were the biggest contributor to UPF volume sales (13.1%-44.5%), while carbonated drinks were the biggest contributor to UPD volume sales (40.2%-86.0%). For every standard deviation increase (51 kg/capita, 2002) in UPD volume sales, mean BMI increased by 0.195 kg/m2 for men (P 2 for women (P = .003). For every standard deviation (40 kg/capita, 2002) increase in UPF volume sales, mean BMI increased by 0.316 kg/m2 for men (P < .001), while the association was not significant for women. Increases in UPFD volume sales/capita were positively associated with population-level BMI trajectories.
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