Freshly Prepared Meals and Not Ultra-Processed Foods

Ultra-processed foods and the nutritional dietary profile in Brazil

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of consuming ultra-processed foods on the nutritional dietary profile in Brazil. METHODS Cross-sectional study conducted with data from the module on individual food consumption from the 2008-2009 Pesquisa de Orçamentos Familiares (POF - Brazilian Family Budgets Survey). The sample, which represented the section of the Brazilian population aged 10 years or over, i...

Energy Intake from Ultra-processed Foods among Adolescents

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the consumption of ultra-processed foods and related factors in adolescents. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study conducted with 784 adolescents (both sexes and aged between 12 and 19 years) from public and private schools in the municipality of Palmeira das Missões, Brazil. Food consumption was recorded by the semiquantitative questionnaire of frequency of food consu...

Carotenoids and Food Preparation: The Retention of Provitamin A Carotenoids in Prepared, Processed, and Stored Foods

Trends in consumption of ultra-processed foods and obesity in Sweden between 1960 and 2010.

OBJECTIVE To investigate how consumption of ultra-processed foods has changed in Sweden in relation to obesity. DESIGN Nationwide ecological analysis of changes in processed foods along with corresponding changes in obesity. Trends in per capita food consumption during 1960-2010 were investigated using data from the Swedish Board of Agriculture. Food items were classified as group 1 (unproces...

Consumption of ultra-processed foods and obesity in Brazilian adolescents and adults.

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the consumption of ultra-processed foods and obesity indicators among Brazilian adults and adolescents. METHODS We used cross-sectional data on 30,243 individuals aged ≥10 years from the 2008-2009 Brazilian Dietary Survey. Food consumption data were collected through 24-h food records. We classified food items according...