Purchase of ultra-processed foods in Norway: a repeated cross-sectional analysis of food sales in 2013 and 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

A dietary pattern dominated by ultra-processed foods has been associated with non-communicable diseases in several studies. A previous study from 2013 found a high share of ultra-processed foods in Norwegian food sales. This study aimed to investigate the current share of ultra-processed foods in Norway and the development in expenditure on ultra-processed foods from 2013.

Design

A repeated cross-sectional analysis of scanner data from the Consumer Price Index from September 2013 and 2019 and an investigation of the processing degree according to the NOVA classification system.

Setting

Food sales in Norway.

Participants

Norwegian grocery stores (n 180, for both time periods).

Results

The share of expenditure in 2019 was highest for ultra

SUBMITTER: Bjontegaard MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10478042 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature