Data
Year of publication
2019
Kind
Quantitative
Design
Cross-sectional
Classification
NOVA
Country studied
United Kingdom, Portugal, Ireland, Germany and France
Data
Secondary
Data collected
Two 24 hours recalls
Study setting
Household, clinic
Age group of participants
Adults/20+
Participant sex
Mixed
Target population
General
Sample size
n= 6,385 (participants)
Dietary share of ultra-processed foods and metabolic syndrome in the US adult population
goal
Examine the relationship between dietary share of ultra-processed foods and metabolic syndrome among US adults.
Results
Poisson regression models with robust variance ad-justed for age, sex, race/ethnicity, family income, education, physical activity and smoking showed significantlinear association between the dietary contribution of UPF and the prevalence of MetS (a 10% increase in contribution was associated with a 4%prevalence increase) (prevalence ratio-PR-=1.04;95%CI1.02,1.07). A dietary UPF contribution of >71% (5th population quintile)was associated with 28% higher prevalence of MetS compared to a contribution below 40% (1st population quintile)(PR=1.28;95%CI1.09,1.50).The association was stronge rin young adults (PR between upperandlower quintiles=1.94;95% CI 1.39,2.72) and decreased with age.These findings add to the growing evidence that UPF consumption is associated with diet-related non-communicable diseases.
Authors
Martínez Steele E, Juul F, Neri D, Rauber F, Monteiro CA.
Log
Preventive Medicine
DOIs