Degree of food processing and association with overweight and abdominal obesity in adolescents
Souza SF, Conceição-Machado MEPD, Costa PRF, Cunha CM, Queiroz VAO, Santana MLP, Leite LO, Assis AMO
Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 7 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 frequency questionnaire
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Government
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
- Government
- Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação
- Government
- Ministério da Educação
Based on 3 listed funder(s).
Publication
- Published
- 2022-01-01 · Einstein (Sao Paulo) · vol. 20 · p. eAO6619
- Publisher
- Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
- Cited
- 11 citations · more than 74% of similar papers · 1.0× the field average
- References
- 29 works
- Access
- Open access (free to publish) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Keywords
- Overweight, Waist, Quartile, Abdominal obesity, Medicine, Obesity, Body mass index, Waist-to-height ratio, Confidence interval, Cross-sectional study, Environmental health, Demography, Internal medicine
- MeSH
- humans, body mass index, diet, cross-sectional studies, food handling, adolescent, female, male, overweight, obesity, abdominal, pediatric obesity
8 authors
From BR
- Sineide Freitas de Souza · correspondingUniversidade Federal da Bahia; Universidade Salvador
- Maria Ester Pereira da Conceição‐MachadoUniversidade Federal da Bahia; Universidade Salvador
- Priscila Ribas de Farias CostaUniversidade Federal da Bahia; Universidade Salvador
- Carla de Magalhães CunhaUniversidade Federal da Bahia; Universidade Salvador
- Valterlinda Alves de Oliveira QueirozUniversidade Federal da Bahia; Universidade Salvador
- Mônica Leila Portela de SantanaUniversidade Federal da Bahia; Universidade Salvador
Abstract
Objective
To evaluate the association between the degree of food processing, overweight, and abdominal obesity in adolescents.
Methods
This is a cross-sectional study, with 576 adolescents aged 10 to 17 years, of both sexes. Food consumption was collected using the Food Frequency Questionnaire and foods classified as in natura or minimally processed, processed foods associated with culinary ingredients, and ultraprocessed foods. Sociodemographic data, body mass index, waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio were collected. The analysis was evaluated by the Mann-Whitney test and prevalence ratio with 95% confidence interval, considering p<0.05.
Results
An intake above the third quartile of processed foods associated with culinary ingredients (prevalence ratio of 1.64; 95%CI: 1.12-2.42) and ultraprocessed (prevalence ratio of 1.58; 95%CI: 1.07-2.34) was associated with a higher prevalence of overweight. Consumption above the third quartile of ultraprocessed foods was associated with a higher prevalence of abdominal obesity, assessed by waist circumference (prevalence ratio of 2.48; 95%CI: 1.41-4.36), and waist-height ratio (prevalence ratio of 2.09; 95%CI: 1.11-3.92).
Conclusion
A higher consumption of processed foods associated with culinary ingredients was related to being overweight, and ultraprocessed foods with overweight and abdominal obesity.
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