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Consumption of ultra-processed foods and body fat during childhood and adolescence: a systematic review

Costa CS, Del-Ponte B, Assunção MCF, Santos IS

Public health nutrition · 230 citas

Cómo se estudió

Diseño
Revisión sistemática (indexado por PubMed)
Estudiado en
Personas
Resultado principal
Marcadores de salud y funcionamiento
Consumo medido con
Cuestionario de frecuencia de consumo

Quién lo pagó

Financiación
Financiación independiente
Gobierno
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Gobierno
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Según 2 financiadores declarados.

Publicación

Publicado
2017-07-05 · Public Health Nutr · vol. 21 · número 1 · págs. 148–159
Editorial
Cambridge University Press
Citado
391 citas · más que el 97% de estudios similares · 4.9× el promedio de su campo
Impacto
Entre el 10 % más citado de su campo
Referencias
50 trabajos
Acceso
Lectura gratuita
Áreas de investigación
Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling · Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques · Consumer Packaging Perceptions and Trends
Palabras clave
Bioelectrical impedance analysis, Medicine, Environmental health, Consumption (sociology), Food group, Food science, Body fat percentage, Anthropometry, Body mass index, Biology
MeSH
humans, prevalence, adolescent behavior, child behavior, health behavior, food handling, adolescent, child, adiposity, fast foods, snacks, pediatric obesity, observational studies as topic

4 autores

  • Caroline Santos Costa🇧🇷 · autor de correspondenciaUniversidade Federal de Pelotas
  • Bianca Del‐Ponte🇧🇷Universidade Federal de Pelotas
  • Maria Cecília Formoso Assunção🇧🇷Universidade Federal de Pelotas
  • Iná S. Santos🇧🇷Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Resumen

El texto original del estudio, en el idioma en que se publicó.

Objective

To review the available literature on the association between consumption of ultra-processed foods and body fat during childhood and adolescence.

Design

A systematic review was conducted in the PubMed, Web of Science and LILACS databases. Studies that evaluated the association between consumption of ultra-processed food (exposure) and body fat (outcome) during childhood and adolescence were eligible.

Subjects

Healthy children and adolescents.

Results

Twenty-six studies that evaluated groups of ultra-processed foods (such as snacks, fast foods, junk foods and convenience foods) or specific ultra-processed foods (soft drinks/sweetened beverages, sweets, chocolate and ready-to-eat cereals) were selected. Most of the studies (n 15) had a cohort design. Consumption was generally evaluated by means of FFQ or food records; and body composition, by means of double indirect methods (bioelectrical impedance analysis and skinfolds). Most of the studies that evaluated consumption of groups of ultra-processed foods and soft drinks/sweetened beverages found positive associations with body fat.

Conclusions

Our review showed that most studies have found positive associations between consumption of ultra-processed food and body fat during childhood and adolescence. There is a need to use a standardized classification that considers the level of food processing to promote comparability between studies.

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