Data
Year of publication
2020
Type
Mixed-Method
Design
Cross-sectional
Classification
NOVA
Country studied
United Kingdom
Data
Secondary
Data Collected
Four-day food record
Study setting
Database
Age group of participant
Children/4-10
Participant sex
Mixed
Target population
Vulnerable (children)
Sample size
n=1772 (participants)
Eating context and its association with ultra-processed food consumption by British children
Goal
Investigate the patterns of eating context and its association with ultra-processed food consumption by British children.
Results
Ultra-processed foods comprised 65.4% of the total daily energy intake. At lunch, higher ultra-processed food consumption was associated with the patterns “Eating with family while watching TV” (64.9% in the lowest tertile to 68.1% in the highest tertile) and “Eating away from home” (65.2%–67.7%, respectively), while the eating pattern “Eating at school with friends” was associated with lower ultra-processed food consumption (66.6%–64.7%, respectively). At dinner, higher ultra-processed food consumption was associated with the patterns “Eating with family while watching TV” (64.6%–67.1%, respectively) and “Eating alone in the bedroom” (63.9%–66.5%, respectively).
Authors
Onita BM, Azeredo CM, Jaime PC, Levy RB, Rauber F.
Journal
Appetite
DOI