Description and evaluation of an ultra-processed food consumption score for children.

IF 2.1 4区 医学 Q3 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Revista de saude publica Pub Date : 2025-03-31 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.11606/s1518-8787.2025059005816
Anna Müller, Caroline Dos Santos Costa, Romina Buffarini, Juliana Dos Santos Vaz, Marlos Rodrigues Domingues, Pedro Curi Hallal, Janaina Vieira Dos Santos Motta
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Abstract

Objective: To present a screener for consumption of ultra-processed foods for children in early childhood, evaluating the ability of the score generated by this screener to reflect the participation of ultra-processed foods in children's diets.

Methods: This study was conducted with a convenience subsample of the 2015 Pelotas Birth Cohort (n = 365). The mothers of the participating children answered a food consumption questionnaire the day before the interview (screener) containing 16 subgroups of ultra-processed foods, followed by a traditional 24-hour food recall (24hR). Each participant's ultra-processed food consumption score corresponded to the number of food subgroups consumed and the percentage of energy derived from the participation of ultra-processed foods in the diet on the same day was calculated from the answers in the 24hR. The association between the score and the percentage of energy from ultra-processed foods was tested using linear regression models. The degree of agreement between the classification of participants according to approximate fifths of the percentage of calories from ultra-processed foods and according to the score intervals was assessed using the Pabak index.

Results: The average percentage share of ultra-processed foods in the total caloric value of the diet, calculated using the 24hR, was directly and significantly associated with an increase in the ultra-processed food consumption score. There was substantial agreement between the ranges of the ultra-processed food consumption score obtained by the screener and the approximate fifths of the share of ultra-processed foods in the diet calculated by the 24hR (Pabak index = 0.65).

Conclusions: The ultra-processed food consumption score, obtained from an ultra-processed food consumption screener, a practical and agile instrument, is capable of reflecting the participation of ultra-processed foods in children's diets, with regard to the 2015 Pelotas Birth Cohort.

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Revista de saude publica
Revista de saude publica PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-
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4.60
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3.60%
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93
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4-8 weeks
期刊介绍: The Revista de Saúde Pública has the purpose of publishing original scientific contributions on topics of relevance to public health in general.
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