Dietary changes in the NutriNet Brasil cohort during the covid-19 pandemic

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Autor(a) principal: Steele,Eurídice Martínez
Data de Publicação: 2020
Outros Autores: Rauber,Fernanda, Costa,Caroline dos Santos, Leite,Maria Alvim, Gabe,Kamila Tiemann, Louzada,Maria Laura da Costa, Levy,Renata Bertazzi, Monteiro,Carlos Augusto
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Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista de Saúde Pública
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Resumo: ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the dietary characteristics of participants in the NutriNet Brasil cohort immediately before and during the covid-19 pandemic. METHODS Our data stem from an adult cohort created to prospectively investigate the relationship between diet and morbidity and mortality from chronic non-communicable diseases in Brazil. For this study, we selected the first participants (n = 10,116) who answered twice to a simplified questionnaire on their diet the day before, the first time when entering the study, between January 26 and February 15, 2020, and the second between May 10 and 19, 2020. The questionnaire inquiries about the consumption of healthy (vegetables, fruits and legumes) and unhealthy (ultra-processed foods) eating markers. Comparisons of indicators based on the consumption of these markers before and during the pandemic are presented for the study population and according to gender, age group, macro-region of residence and schooling. Chi-square tests and t-tests were used to compare proportions and means, respectively, adopting p < 0.05 to identify significant differences. RESULTS For all participants, we found a modest but statistically significant increase in the consumption of healthy eating markers and stability in the consumption of unhealthy food markers. This favorable pattern of dietary changes during the pandemic occurred in most sociodemographic strata. We observed a less favorable changing pattern, with a tendency to increasing consumption of healthy and unhealthy food markers, in the Northeast and North macro-regions and among people with less schooling, suggesting social inequalities in the response to the pandemic. CONCLUSIONS If confirmed, the trend of increased consumption of ultra-processed foods in underdeveloped regions and by people with less schooling is concerning, as eating these foods increases the risk of obesity, hypertension and diabetes, whose presence increases the severity and lethality of covid-19.
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spelling Dietary changes in the NutriNet Brasil cohort during the covid-19 pandemicCoronavirus infectionsFood ConsumptionWhole FoodsIndustrialized FoodsABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the dietary characteristics of participants in the NutriNet Brasil cohort immediately before and during the covid-19 pandemic. METHODS Our data stem from an adult cohort created to prospectively investigate the relationship between diet and morbidity and mortality from chronic non-communicable diseases in Brazil. For this study, we selected the first participants (n = 10,116) who answered twice to a simplified questionnaire on their diet the day before, the first time when entering the study, between January 26 and February 15, 2020, and the second between May 10 and 19, 2020. The questionnaire inquiries about the consumption of healthy (vegetables, fruits and legumes) and unhealthy (ultra-processed foods) eating markers. Comparisons of indicators based on the consumption of these markers before and during the pandemic are presented for the study population and according to gender, age group, macro-region of residence and schooling. Chi-square tests and t-tests were used to compare proportions and means, respectively, adopting p < 0.05 to identify significant differences. RESULTS For all participants, we found a modest but statistically significant increase in the consumption of healthy eating markers and stability in the consumption of unhealthy food markers. This favorable pattern of dietary changes during the pandemic occurred in most sociodemographic strata. We observed a less favorable changing pattern, with a tendency to increasing consumption of healthy and unhealthy food markers, in the Northeast and North macro-regions and among people with less schooling, suggesting social inequalities in the response to the pandemic. CONCLUSIONS If confirmed, the trend of increased consumption of ultra-processed foods in underdeveloped regions and by people with less schooling is concerning, as eating these foods increases the risk of obesity, hypertension and diabetes, whose presence increases the severity and lethality of covid-19.Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo2020-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102020000100266Revista de Saúde Pública v.54 2020reponame:Revista de Saúde Públicainstname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:USP10.11606/s1518-8787.2020054002950info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSteele,Eurídice MartínezRauber,FernandaCosta,Caroline dos SantosLeite,Maria AlvimGabe,Kamila TiemannLouzada,Maria Laura da CostaLevy,Renata BertazziMonteiro,Carlos Augustoeng2020-08-31T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0034-89102020000100266Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=0034-8910&lng=pt&nrm=isoONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phprevsp@org.usp.br||revsp1@usp.br1518-87870034-8910opendoar:2020-08-31T00:00Revista de Saúde Pública - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Dietary changes in the NutriNet Brasil cohort during the covid-19 pandemic
title Dietary changes in the NutriNet Brasil cohort during the covid-19 pandemic
spellingShingle Dietary changes in the NutriNet Brasil cohort during the covid-19 pandemic
Steele,Eurídice Martínez
Coronavirus infections
Food Consumption
Whole Foods
Industrialized Foods
title_short Dietary changes in the NutriNet Brasil cohort during the covid-19 pandemic
title_full Dietary changes in the NutriNet Brasil cohort during the covid-19 pandemic
title_fullStr Dietary changes in the NutriNet Brasil cohort during the covid-19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Dietary changes in the NutriNet Brasil cohort during the covid-19 pandemic
title_sort Dietary changes in the NutriNet Brasil cohort during the covid-19 pandemic
author Steele,Eurídice Martínez
author_facet Steele,Eurídice Martínez
Rauber,Fernanda
Costa,Caroline dos Santos
Leite,Maria Alvim
Gabe,Kamila Tiemann
Louzada,Maria Laura da Costa
Levy,Renata Bertazzi
Monteiro,Carlos Augusto
author_role author
author2 Rauber,Fernanda
Costa,Caroline dos Santos
Leite,Maria Alvim
Gabe,Kamila Tiemann
Louzada,Maria Laura da Costa
Levy,Renata Bertazzi
Monteiro,Carlos Augusto
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Steele,Eurídice Martínez
Rauber,Fernanda
Costa,Caroline dos Santos
Leite,Maria Alvim
Gabe,Kamila Tiemann
Louzada,Maria Laura da Costa
Levy,Renata Bertazzi
Monteiro,Carlos Augusto
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Coronavirus infections
Food Consumption
Whole Foods
Industrialized Foods
topic Coronavirus infections
Food Consumption
Whole Foods
Industrialized Foods
description ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the dietary characteristics of participants in the NutriNet Brasil cohort immediately before and during the covid-19 pandemic. METHODS Our data stem from an adult cohort created to prospectively investigate the relationship between diet and morbidity and mortality from chronic non-communicable diseases in Brazil. For this study, we selected the first participants (n = 10,116) who answered twice to a simplified questionnaire on their diet the day before, the first time when entering the study, between January 26 and February 15, 2020, and the second between May 10 and 19, 2020. The questionnaire inquiries about the consumption of healthy (vegetables, fruits and legumes) and unhealthy (ultra-processed foods) eating markers. Comparisons of indicators based on the consumption of these markers before and during the pandemic are presented for the study population and according to gender, age group, macro-region of residence and schooling. Chi-square tests and t-tests were used to compare proportions and means, respectively, adopting p < 0.05 to identify significant differences. RESULTS For all participants, we found a modest but statistically significant increase in the consumption of healthy eating markers and stability in the consumption of unhealthy food markers. This favorable pattern of dietary changes during the pandemic occurred in most sociodemographic strata. We observed a less favorable changing pattern, with a tendency to increasing consumption of healthy and unhealthy food markers, in the Northeast and North macro-regions and among people with less schooling, suggesting social inequalities in the response to the pandemic. CONCLUSIONS If confirmed, the trend of increased consumption of ultra-processed foods in underdeveloped regions and by people with less schooling is concerning, as eating these foods increases the risk of obesity, hypertension and diabetes, whose presence increases the severity and lethality of covid-19.
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