Association between ultraprocessed food consumption and body composition of adolescents

• Autor(a) principal: Quadra, Micaela Rabelo
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Schäfer, Antônio Augusto, Cascaes, Fernanda de Bittencourt da Silva, Meller, Fernanda de Oliveira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• DOI: 10.22278/2318-2660.2022.v46.n3.a3301
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/3301
• topic: Adolescente; Composição corporal; Estado nutricional; Consumo de alimentos; Alimentos prontos para o consumo; Consumo alimentar; Composição corporal; Adolescente; Composición corporal; Estados nutricionales; Consumo de comida; Comida rápida; Adolescent; Body composition; Nutritional status; Food consumption; Ready-to-eat foods

The nutritional transition has been increasing the consumption of ultraprocessed foods in the population. These foods have high energy and low nutritional properties, affecting the nutritional status and body composition, including of adolescents. This study aims to evaluate the association between ultraprocessed food consumption and body composition in adolescents. This is a cross sectional study carried out with adolescents enrolled in a philanthropic education institution. Sociodemographic, anthropometric, and ultraprocessed food consumption data were collected. An analysis of association between regular ultraprocessed food consumption and overweight was performed using Pearson’s Chi-square test, with a significance level of 5%. The program IBM SPSS version 22.0 was used for statistical analyzes. About one-third of the sample was overweight (body mass index: 27.2%; skin folds: 33.9%; bioimpedance: 29.6%). Regular ultraprocessed food consumption was found in 64.2% of the sample and was associated with overweight assessed by bioimpedance (p = 0.016) and skin folds (p = 0.008). The individuals who had higher prevalence of overweight did not consume ultraprocessed food regularly. Carrying out other studies, especially longitudinal studies, to evaluate and understand how the association between ultraprocessed food intake and body composition occurs in adolescents is necessary.