Association between the price of ultra-processed foods and obesity in Brazil
Passos CMD, Maia EG, Levy RB, Martins APB, Claro RM
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD · 54 citations
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- Design
- Cross-sectional study (classified by our AI screen)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
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- Not stated
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Government
- International Development Research Centre
- Government
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
- Government
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
- Government
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais
- Grants
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (01/2015); Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (PPM-00325-17); Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (APQ-02329-15 \u2013 01/2015); Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (309293/2016–2); Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (535 PPM-00325-17 – 02/2017); Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (535 PPM-00325-17 \u2013 02/2017); Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (02/2017); International Development Research Centre (\u2013 108166); Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (407331/2016-6); Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (01/2015); International Development Research Centre (108166); Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (APQ-02329-15 – 01/2015)
Based on 4 listed funder(s).
Publication
- Published
- 2019-12-30 · Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis · vol. 30 · issue 4 · pp. 589–598
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Cited
- 103 citations · more than 99% of similar papers · 10.1× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 53 works
- Access
- Open access (hybrid journal) · CC-BY-NC-ND
- Research areas
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing
- Keywords
- Obesity, Environmental health, Association (psychology), Medicine, Food science, Internal medicine, Biology, Psychology
- MeSH
- humans, obesity, prevalence, risk assessment, risk factors, nutritive value, social class, food supply, adolescent, adult, middle aged, child, child, preschool, income, budgets, brazil, female, male, young adult, fast foods, pediatric obesity, social determinants of health
5 authors
From BR
- Camila Mendes dos Passos · correspondingUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Universidade Federal de Viçosa
- Emanuella Gomes MaiaUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais; Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz
- Renata Bertazzi LevyUniversidade de São Paulo
- Ana Paula Bortoletto MartinsInstituto Brasileiro de Defesa do Consumidor
- Rafael Moreira ClaroUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Abstract
Background and aims
To estimate the relationship between the price of ultra-processed foods and prevalence of obesity in Brazil and examine whether the relationship differed according to socioeconomic status.
Methods and results
Data from the national Household Budget Survey from 2008/09 (n = 55 570 households, divided in 550 strata) were used. Weight and height of all individuals were used. Weight was measured by using portable electronic scales (maximum capacity of 150 kg). Height (or length) was measured using portable stadiometers (maximum capacity: 200 cm long) or infant anthropometers (maximum capacity: 105 cm long). Multivariate regression models (log-log) were used to estimate price elasticity. An inverse association was found between the price of ultra-processed foods (per kg) and the prevalence of overweight (Body mass index (BMI) ≥25 kg/m2) and obesity (BMI ≥30 kg/m2) in Brazil. The price elasticity for ultra-processed foods was -0.33 (95% CI: -0.46; -0.20) for overweight and -0.59 (95% CI: -0.83; -0.36) for obesity. This indicated that a 1.00% increase in the price of ultra-processed foods would lead to a decrease in the prevalence of overweight and obesity of 0.33% and 0.59%, respectively. For the lower income group, the price elasticity for price of ultra-processed foods was -0.34 (95% CI: -0.50; -0.18) for overweight and -0.63 (95% CI: -0.91; -0.36) for obesity.
Conclusion
The price of ultra-processed foods was inversely associated with the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Brazil, mainly in the lowest socioeconomic status population. Therefore, the taxation of ultra-processed foods emerges as a prominent tool in the control of obesity.
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