The impact of ultra-processed foods on obesity and cardiometabolic comorbidities in children and adolescents: a systematic review
Petridi E, Karatzi K, Magriplis E, Charidemou E, Philippou E, Philippou E, Zampelas A
Nutrition reviews · 64 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Systematic review (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
- Intake measured by
- Not stated
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2023-08-07 · Nutr Rev · vol. 82 · issue 7 · pp. 913–928
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Cited
- 77 citations · more than 97% of similar papers · 4.9× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 54 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling · Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease · Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
- Keywords
- Medicine, Overweight, Obesity, Systematic review, Context (archaeology), Observational study, Cross-sectional study, Childhood obesity, Cohort, Environmental health, Cohort study, Meta-analysis, Gerontology, MEDLINE, Pediatrics, Internal medicine, Pathology
- MeSH
- humans, cardiovascular diseases, diet, comorbidity, adolescent, child, pediatric obesity, cardiometabolic risk factors, food, processed
6 authors
From CY, GR, GB
- Evgenia PetridiUniversity of Nicosia
- Kalliopi KaratziAgricultural University of Athens
- Emmanuella MagriplisAgricultural University of Athens
- Evelina CharidemouUniversity of Nicosia; University of Cyprus
- Elena PhilippouUniversity of Nicosia; King's College London
- Antonis Zampelas · correspondingAgricultural University of Athens
Abstract
Context
Over the past few decades, traditional foods have been displaced by ultra-processed foods (UPFs), with the latter being associated with health problems.
Objective
This scoping systematic review aimed to identify the relationship between UPF intake and overweight/obesity as well as other cardiometabolic risk factors during childhood and adolescence.
Data sources
The guidance for this protocol is the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review and Meta-Analysis Protocols (PRISMA-P). A systematic search was undertaken on PubMed, Scopus, and Cochrane Library electronic databases based on prespecified inclusion and exclusion criteria up to 6 February 2022.
Data extraction
A total of 17 observational studies-9 cross-sectional, 7 cohort-longitudinal, and 1 study reporting both cross-sectional and longitudinal outcomes-among children and adolescents aged ≤18 years were eligible for inclusion in this review. Fourteen studies evaluated the consumption of UPFs in association with overweight/obesity and 9 studies examined the association of UPF consumption and cardiometabolic-related risk factors.
Data analysis
Most studies (14/17) showed that an increase in UPFs was associated with a higher prevalence of overweight/obesity and cardiometabolic comorbidities among children and adolescents, whereas 4 of 17 studies (3 cross-sectional and 1 cohort) found no association. Most cohort and cross-sectional studies showed good quality according to the National Institutes of Health and Newcastle-Ottawa quality assessment, respectively.
Conclusion
The positive association found between UPFs and overweight/obesity and cardiometabolic comorbidities among children and adolescents raises concerns for future health. Further investigation is recommended to explore the role of specific types of UPFs on cardiometabolic conditions and to identify the amount of daily intake that increase risk in order to shape appropriate public health policies.
Systematic review registration
PROSPERO registration no. CRD42022316432.
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