Consumption of ultra-processed foods at 11, 22 and 30 years at the 2004, 1993 and 1982 Pelotas Birth Cohorts.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the consumption of ultra-processed foods according to demographic and socioeconomic characteristics in three birth cohorts.

Design

Cross-sectional analysis.

Setting

Data from the 2004, 1993 and 1982 Pelotas Birth Cohorts were used at 11, 22 and 30 years, respectively, collected between 2012 and 2015. Outcome was the relative contribution of ultra-processed foods from the total daily energy intake. Maternal-independent variables were self-reported skin colour, schooling, age and family income (obtained in the perinatal study), and variables of the cohort member, sex, skin colour, schooling and current family income (the last two obtained at the 11-, 22- and 30-year follow-ups of the respective cohorts). We calculated crude and adjusted means of th

SUBMITTER: Dos Santos Costa C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195471 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature