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Unhealthy Food and Psychological Stress: The Association between Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Perceived Stress in Working-Class Young Adults
Lopes Cortes M, Andrade Louzado J, Galvão Oliveira M, Moraes Bezerra V, Mistro S, Souto Medeiros D, Arruda Soares D, Oliveira Silva K, Nicolaevna Kochergin C, Honorato Dos Santos de Carvalho VC, Wildes Amorim W, Serrate Mengue S
International journal of environmental research and public health · 59 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
- Not stated
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Industry funded
- University or hospital
- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
- Company
- Medtronic Foundation
- Grants
- Medtronic Foundation (47535)
Based on 2 listed funder(s) and full-text disclosure statement.
Publication
- Published
- 2021-04-07 · Int J Environ Res Public Health · vol. 18 · issue 8 · p. 3863
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
- Cited
- 83 citations · more than 98% of similar papers · 7.0× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 36 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling · Health, Technology, Consumer Behavior · Culinary Culture and Tourism
- Keywords
- Environmental health, Consumption (sociology), Perceived Stress Scale, Odds, Medicine, Stress (linguistics), Cross-sectional study, Ordered logit, Food science, Logistic regression
- MeSH
- humans, diet, cross-sectional studies, stress, psychological, food handling, brazil, young adult, fast foods
12 authors
From BR
- Matheus Lopes Cortes · correspondingUniversidade Federal da Bahia
- José Andrade LouzadoUniversidade Federal da Bahia
- Márcio Galvão OliveiraUniversidade Federal da Bahia
- Vanessa Moraes BezerraUniversidade Federal da Bahia
- Sóstenes MistroUniversidade Federal da Bahia
- Danielle Souto de MedeirosUniversidade Federal da Bahia
Abstract
Background
Ultra-processed foods are industrial formulations made from food extracts or constituents with little or no intact food and often containing additives that confer hyper-palatability. The consumption of these products increases the risk of chronic non-communicable diseases. Stressed people may engage in unhealthy eating as a way to cope. This study aimed to verify whether ultra-processed food consumption was associated with perceived stress levels in industrial and retail workers from Vitoria da Conquista, Brazil.
Methods
This was a cross-sectional study carried out between July 2017 and August 2018. During the study period, 1270 participants completed a survey administered by an interviewer. Stress levels were assessed using the Perceived Stress Scale. Information regarding weekly ultra-processed food consumption was collected. Ultra-processed foods were classified into four groups: sugary drinks; sugary foods; fast foods; and canned foods, frozen foods, or processed meat. The Student's t-test or one-way analysis of variance was used to assess the differences in stress levels and ultra-processed food consumption. Ordinal regression was used to determine the association between the degrees of stress and ultra-processed food consumption levels.
Results
Factors such as a young age, being unmarried, smoking, high-risk alcohol consumption, negative health perception, and high perceived stress level indicated higher rates of ultra-processed food consumption. Ordinal regression analysis showed that high stress levels were associated with increased odds of higher ultra-processed food consumption (odds ratio: 1.94; 95% CI: 1.54-2.45).
Conclusions
These findings could help identify appropriate target areas for interventions aimed at mental health promotion and healthier food consumption.
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