Data
Year of publication
2021
Type
Quantitative
Design
Cross-sectional
Classification
NOVA
Country studied
Brazil
Data
Secondary
Data Collected
Food frequency
Study setting
Hospital
Age group of participant
All ages/11, 22, 30
Participant sex
Mixed
Target population
General
Sample size
n=5265 (participants)
Consumption of ultra-processed foods at 11, 22 and 30 years at the 2004, 1993 and 1982 Pelotas Birth Cohorts
Goal
Describe the consumption of ultra-processed foods according to demographic and socioeconomic characteristics in three birth cohorts.
Results
Daily energetic contribution from ultra-processed foods was higher in the younger cohort (33·7, 29·8 and 25·1 % at 11, 22 and 30 years, respectively). Maternal schooling and family income at birth showed an inverse dose–response relationship at 11 and 22 years, but a positive dose–response at 30 years. Female sex, lower schooling and family income at 22 years and higher schooling at 30 years were associated to a higher contribution from ultra-processed foods in the daily energy intake.
Authors
dos Santos Costa C, Formoso Assunção MC, dos Santos Vaz J, Rauber F, Bierhals IO, et. al.
Journal
Public Health Nutrition
DOI