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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2014 Mar 25;9(3):e92752.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092752. eCollection 2014.

Ultra-processed food products and obesity in Brazilian households (2008-2009)

Daniela Silva Canella  1 , Renata Bertazzi Levy  2 , Ana Paula Bortoletto Martins  1 , Rafael Moreira Claro  3 , Jean-Claude Moubarac  4 , Larissa Galastri Baraldi  1 , Geoffrey Cannon  4 , Carlos Augusto Monteiro  1
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Ultra-processed food products and obesity in Brazilian households (2008-2009)

Daniela Silva Canella et al. PLoS One. .

Abstract

Background: Production and consumption of industrially processed food and drink products have risen in parallel with the global increase in overweight and obesity and related chronic non-communicable diseases. The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between household availability of processed and ultra-processed products and the prevalence of excess weight (overweight plus obesity) and obesity in Brazil VSports手机版. .

Methods: The study was based on data from the 2008-2009 Household Budget Survey involving a probabilistic sample of 55,970 Brazilian households. The units of study were household aggregates (strata), geographically and socioeconomically homogeneous. Multiple linear regression models were used to assess the relationship between the availability of processed and ultra-processed products and the average of Body Mass Index (BMI) and the percentage of individuals with excess weight and obesity in the strata, controlling for potential confounders (socio-demographic characteristics, percentage of expenditure on eating out of home, and dietary energy other than that provided by processed and ultra-processed products). Predictive values for prevalence of excess weight and obesity were estimated according to quartiles of the household availability of dietary energy from processed and ultra-processed products V体育安卓版. .

Results: The mean contribution of processed and ultra-processed products to total dietary energy availability ranged from 15. 4% (lower quartile) to 39. 4% (upper quartile) V体育ios版. Adjusted linear regression coefficients indicated that household availability of ultra-processed products was positively associated with both the average BMI and the prevalence of excess weight and obesity, whereas processed products were not associated with these outcomes. In addition, people in the upper quartile of household consumption of ultra-processed products, compared with those in the lower quartile, were 37% more likely to be obese. .

Conclusion: Greater household availability of ultra-processed food products in Brazil is positively and independently associated with higher prevalence of excess weight and obesity in all age groups in this cross-sectional study VSports最新版本. .

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Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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