NOVALAB-Canada
Data
Year of publication
2020
Type
Quantitative
Design
Longitudinal
Classification
NOVA
Country studied
Brazil
Data
Secondary
Data Collected
Two food frequency
Study setting
Hospital, household
Age group of participant
Children/6 and 11
Participant sex
Mixed
Target population
Vulnerable (children)
Sample size
n=3128 (6 years old), n=3454 (11 years old)
Role of ultra-processed food in fat mass index between 6 and 11 years of age: A cohort study/International Journal of Epidemiology
Goal
Evaluate the association between ultra-processed food consumption and body fat from 6 to 11 years of age.
Results
An increase of 100 g in contribution from ultra-processed food to daily food intake at between 6 and 11 years of age was associated with a gain of 0.14 kg/m² in fat mass index in the same period
Authors
Santos Costa CD, Formoso Assunção M C, Loret de Mola C, Souza Cardoso J, Matijasevich A, Barros AJD, Santos I.
Journal
DOI