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Data

Year of publication

2019

Type

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 participant

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.

Journal

Preventive Medicine

DOI

Département de Nutrition, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal

2405 Chem. de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, QC H3T 1A8
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