PARTICIPATION OF ULTRA-PROCESSED FOODS IN BRAZILIAN SCHOOL CHILDREN'S DIET AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS
Lacerda AT, Carmo ASD, Sousa TM, Santos LCD
Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 16 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
- Intake measured by
- Food diaries or recalls
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Government
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
- Government
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais
- University or hospital
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Based on 3 listed funder(s) and full-text disclosure statement.
Publication
- Published
- 2020-01-01 · Rev Paul Pediatr · vol. 38 · p. e2019034
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Cited
- 47 citations · more than 97% of similar papers · 5.8× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 27 works
- Access
- Open access (free to publish) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Consumer Packaging Perceptions and Trends
- Keywords
- Overweight, Medicine, Anthropometry, Obesity, Environmental health, Logistic regression, Confidence interval, Demography, Habit, Psychological intervention, Cross-sectional study, Multivariate analysis, Pediatrics, Psychology, Internal medicine
- MeSH
- humans, diet, diet surveys, logistic models, cross-sectional studies, feeding behavior, child behavior, habits, life style, child, brazil, female, male, fast foods, surveys and questionnaires, child health
4 authors
From BR
- Arabele Teixeira de LacerdaUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais
- Ariene Silva do CarmoUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais
- Taciana Maia de SousaUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais
- Luana Caroline dos SantosUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Abstract
Objective
To evaluate the contribution of ultra-processed foods (UPF) in the schoolchildren diet and associated factors.
Methods
Cross-sectional study with children from public schools in Southeast of Brazil, aged eight to 12 years old. A questionnaire was applied to the students to investigate anthropometric data, eating and lifestyle habits and food consumption. The consumption of UPF was evaluated by two 24-hour dietary recalls (24HR) of non-consecutive days, and the NOVA method was adopted for food classification. The sample was estimated considering the percentage of total caloric value from UPF identified by a similar study (n=260). The association between variables was evaluated by Simple and Multiple Logistic Regression.
Results
The average energy consumption was 1992 kcal/day, 25.2% from UPF. Schoolchildren had a mean of 9.8±0.5 years of age, 53.4% were female and 32.6% were overweight. The most consumed UPF were industrialized pastas, sweet biscuits, sausages, chocolate powder and soft drinks. In the multivariate model, schoolchildren who have the habit of TV watching during meals and those with obesity presented 1.87 (95% confidence interval [95%CI] 1.03-3.39) and 2.05 (95%CI 1,01-4.20) times more chance of having higher consumption of ultra-processed foods, respectively.
Conclusions
The contribution of UPF was expressive in the feeding of the students and it was positively associated with the excess of weight and with the habit of eating while watching television. These findings indicate the importance of nutritional interventions to promote healthy habits, thus preventing overweight during childhood.
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