Data
Year of publication
2021
Kind
Quantitative
Design
Cross-sectional
Classification
NOVA
Country studied
Iran
Data
Primary
Data collected
One food frequency
Study setting
Non-stated
Age group of participants
Teenagers/13-19
Participant sex
Mixed
Target population
Vulnerable (Teenagers)
Sample size
n= 139 (participants)
Higher ultra-processed food intake is associated with higher DNA damage in healthy adolescents
goal
Assess ultra-processed food intake and its association with urinary levels of 8-hydroxy-20-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), a biomarker of DNA oxidative damage, in 139 healthy adolescents in Karaj City in Iran.
Results
Adolescents in the higher tertile of ultra-processed food consumption had a significantly higher mean level of urinary 8-OHdG/creatinine in comparison with the lower tertiles in the crude model (Pfor trend: 0·003) and after adjustment for confounding variables, including total energy intake, sex, age, BMI for age Z-score, obesity and physical activity (Pfor trend: 0·004). This asso- ciation was still significant after adjusting for dietary intake of whole grains, nuts, legumes, the ratio of MUFA:SFA (g/d) and Mediterranean dietary score (Pfor trend: 0·002). More studies are needed to explore the determinants of ultra-processed food supply, demand, consumption and health effects; such studies should be applied to develop evidence-informed policies and regulatory mechanisms to improve children’s and adolescents’ food environment policymaking and legislation with special attention to ultra-processed food.
Authors
Edalati S, Bagherzadeh F, Asghari Jafarabadi M, Ebrahimi-Mamaghani M.
Log
British Journal of Nutrition
DOIs