Trends in Consumption of Ultraprocessed Foods Among US Youths Aged 2-19 Years, 1999-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The childhood obesity rate has been steadily rising among US youths during the past 2 decades. Increasing evidence links consumption of ultraprocessed foods to excessive calorie consumption and weight gain, but trends in the consumption of ultraprocessed foods among US youths have not been well characterized.

Objective

To characterize trends in the consumption of ultraprocessed foods among US youths.

Design, setting, and participants

Serial cross-sectional analysis using 24-hour dietary recall data from a nationally representative sample of US youths aged 2-19 years (n = 33 795) from 10 cycles of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 1999-2000 to 2017-2018.

Exposures

Secular time.

Main outcomes and measures

Percent

SUBMITTER: Wang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8356071 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature