Ultra-processed food consumption is associated with increase in fat mass and decrease in lean mass in Brazilian women: A cohort study

ObjectiveTo investigate the association between ultra-processed food consumption at 23–25 years of age and measurements of body composition–fat mass, fat mass distribution and lean mass at 37–39 years of age in Brazilian adults.Methods1978/1979 birth cohort study conducted with healthy adults from R...

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Main Authors: Lívia Carolina Sobrinho Rudakoff, Elma Izze da Silva Magalhães, Poliana Cristina de Almeida Fonseca Viola, Bianca Rodrigues de Oliveira, Carla Cristine Nascimento da Silva Coelho, Maylla Luanna Barbosa Martins Bragança, Soraia Pinheiro Machado Arruda, Viviane Cunha Cardoso, Heloisa Bettiol, Marco Antonio Barbieri, Renata Bertazzi Levy, Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-01
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author Lívia Carolina Sobrinho Rudakoff
Elma Izze da Silva Magalhães
Poliana Cristina de Almeida Fonseca Viola
Bianca Rodrigues de Oliveira
Carla Cristine Nascimento da Silva Coelho
Maylla Luanna Barbosa Martins Bragança
Soraia Pinheiro Machado Arruda
Viviane Cunha Cardoso
Heloisa Bettiol
Marco Antonio Barbieri
Renata Bertazzi Levy
Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva
author_facet Lívia Carolina Sobrinho Rudakoff
Elma Izze da Silva Magalhães
Poliana Cristina de Almeida Fonseca Viola
Bianca Rodrigues de Oliveira
Carla Cristine Nascimento da Silva Coelho
Maylla Luanna Barbosa Martins Bragança
Soraia Pinheiro Machado Arruda
Viviane Cunha Cardoso
Heloisa Bettiol
Marco Antonio Barbieri
Renata Bertazzi Levy
Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva
author_sort Lívia Carolina Sobrinho Rudakoff
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description ObjectiveTo investigate the association between ultra-processed food consumption at 23–25 years of age and measurements of body composition–fat mass, fat mass distribution and lean mass at 37–39 years of age in Brazilian adults.Methods1978/1979 birth cohort study conducted with healthy adults from Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. A total of 1,021 individuals participated in the fat mass analysis (measured by air displacement plethysmography) and 815 in the lean mass analysis and fat mass distribution (assessed by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry). Food consumption was evaluated by a food frequency questionnaire. Food items were grouped according to the level of processing as per the NOVA classification. Ultra-processed food consumption was expressed as a percentage of total daily intake (g/day). Linear regression models were used to estimate the effect of ultra-processed food consumption (g/day) on body mass index, body fat percentage, fat mass index, android fat, gynoid fat, android-gynoid fat ratio, lean mass percentage, lean mass index and appendicular lean mass index. Marginal plots were produced to visualize interactions.ResultsThe mean daily ultra-processed food consumption in grams was 35.8% (813.3 g). There was an association between ultra-processed food consumption and increase in body mass index, body fat percentage, fat mass index, android fat and gynoid fat and decrease in lean mass percentage, only in women.ConclusionA high ultra-processed food consumption is associated with a long-term increase in fat mass and a decrease in lean mass in adult women.
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spelling doaj.art-dd949e790ec74044b29f6618cbb521ff2022-12-22T04:31:47ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Nutrition2296-861X2022-10-01910.3389/fnut.2022.10060181006018Ultra-processed food consumption is associated with increase in fat mass and decrease in lean mass in Brazilian women: A cohort studyLívia Carolina Sobrinho Rudakoff0Elma Izze da Silva Magalhães1Poliana Cristina de Almeida Fonseca Viola2Bianca Rodrigues de Oliveira3Carla Cristine Nascimento da Silva Coelho4Maylla Luanna Barbosa Martins Bragança5Soraia Pinheiro Machado Arruda6Viviane Cunha Cardoso7Heloisa Bettiol8Marco Antonio Barbieri9Renata Bertazzi Levy10Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva11Post-Graduate Program in Collective Health, Public Health Department, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, BrazilPost-Graduate Program in Collective Health, Public Health Department, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, BrazilNutrition Department, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, BrazilPost-Graduate Program in Collective Health, Public Health Department, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, BrazilPost-Graduate Program in Collective Health, Public Health Department, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, BrazilPost-Graduate Program in Collective Health, Public Health Department, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, BrazilPost-Graduate Program in Collective Health, State University of Ceará, Fortaleza, BrazilPost-Graduate Program in Child and Adolescent Health, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, BrazilPost-Graduate Program in Child and Adolescent Health, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, BrazilPost-Graduate Program in Child and Adolescent Health, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, BrazilDepartment of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilDepartment of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilObjectiveTo investigate the association between ultra-processed food consumption at 23–25 years of age and measurements of body composition–fat mass, fat mass distribution and lean mass at 37–39 years of age in Brazilian adults.Methods1978/1979 birth cohort study conducted with healthy adults from Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. A total of 1,021 individuals participated in the fat mass analysis (measured by air displacement plethysmography) and 815 in the lean mass analysis and fat mass distribution (assessed by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry). Food consumption was evaluated by a food frequency questionnaire. Food items were grouped according to the level of processing as per the NOVA classification. Ultra-processed food consumption was expressed as a percentage of total daily intake (g/day). Linear regression models were used to estimate the effect of ultra-processed food consumption (g/day) on body mass index, body fat percentage, fat mass index, android fat, gynoid fat, android-gynoid fat ratio, lean mass percentage, lean mass index and appendicular lean mass index. Marginal plots were produced to visualize interactions.ResultsThe mean daily ultra-processed food consumption in grams was 35.8% (813.3 g). There was an association between ultra-processed food consumption and increase in body mass index, body fat percentage, fat mass index, android fat and gynoid fat and decrease in lean mass percentage, only in women.ConclusionA high ultra-processed food consumption is associated with a long-term increase in fat mass and a decrease in lean mass in adult women.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2022.1006018/fullultra-processed foods (UPFs)food consumptiondietbody compositionbody fat
spellingShingle Lívia Carolina Sobrinho Rudakoff
Elma Izze da Silva Magalhães
Poliana Cristina de Almeida Fonseca Viola
Bianca Rodrigues de Oliveira
Carla Cristine Nascimento da Silva Coelho
Maylla Luanna Barbosa Martins Bragança
Soraia Pinheiro Machado Arruda
Viviane Cunha Cardoso
Heloisa Bettiol
Marco Antonio Barbieri
Renata Bertazzi Levy
Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva
Ultra-processed food consumption is associated with increase in fat mass and decrease in lean mass in Brazilian women: A cohort study
Frontiers in Nutrition
ultra-processed foods (UPFs)
food consumption
diet
body composition
body fat
title Ultra-processed food consumption is associated with increase in fat mass and decrease in lean mass in Brazilian women: A cohort study
title_full Ultra-processed food consumption is associated with increase in fat mass and decrease in lean mass in Brazilian women: A cohort study
title_fullStr Ultra-processed food consumption is associated with increase in fat mass and decrease in lean mass in Brazilian women: A cohort study
title_full_unstemmed Ultra-processed food consumption is associated with increase in fat mass and decrease in lean mass in Brazilian women: A cohort study
title_short Ultra-processed food consumption is associated with increase in fat mass and decrease in lean mass in Brazilian women: A cohort study
title_sort ultra processed food consumption is associated with increase in fat mass and decrease in lean mass in brazilian women a cohort study
topic ultra-processed foods (UPFs)
food consumption
diet
body composition
body fat
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2022.1006018/full
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