Comparing Latin American nutrient profile models using data from packaged foods with child-directed marketing within the Brazilian food supply.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to examine and compare the extent to which different nutrient profile models (NPMs) from Latin America (LA) identify packaged foods and beverages with child-directed marketing sold in Brazil as being high in nutrients associated to the risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

Materials and methods

In this cross-sectional study, we evaluated 3,464 foods found in the five largest Brazilian supermarkets. Child-directed marketing was coded using the International Network for Food and Obesity/NCDs Research, Monitoring and Action Support (INFORMAS) protocol. Differences in medians of sugar, saturated fats, and sodium per 100 kcal in foods, with the presence and absence of child-directed marketing, were tested using the Mann-Whitney test. We compared si

SUBMITTER: Borges CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9755586 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature