Ultra-processed food consumption and its correlates among Italian children, adolescents and adults from the Italian Nutrition & Health Survey (INHES) cohort study.

Autor: Ruggiero, Emilia, Esposito, Simona, Costanzo, Simona, Di Castelnuovo, Augusto, Cerletti, Chiara, Donati, Maria Benedetta, de Gaetano, Giovanni, Iacoviello, Licia, Bonaccio, Marialaura
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Zdroj: Public Health Nutrition; 12/15/2021, Vol. 24 Issue 18, p6258-6271, 14p
Abstrakt: Objective: To assess ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption and its socio-demographic, psychosocial and behavioural correlates in a general population of Italian children, adolescents and adults. Design: Cross-sectional telephone-based survey Setting: Italy, 2010–2013. Participants: In total, 9078 participants (5–97 years) from the Italian Nutrition & Health Survey. Dietary intakes were collected by a 1-d 24-h dietary recall. UPF was defined by the NOVA classification and expressed as percentage of total energies. Results: Average energy intake from UPF (95 % CI) was 17·3 % (17·1 %, 17·6 %) among adults and 25·9 % (24·8 %, 27·0 %) in children/adolescents. Top sources of UPF were processed meats (32·5 %) and bread substitutes (16·7 %). Among adults, age (β = −3·10; 95 % CI (−4·40, −1·80) for >65 years v. 20–40 years; βs are dimensionless) and residing in Southern Italy (β = −0·73; 95 % CI (−1·32, −0·14) v. Northern) inversely associated with UPF. Screen view during meals was directly linked to UPF, as well as poor self-rated health (β = 5·32; 95 % CI (2·66, 7·99)), adverse life events (β = 2·33; 95 % CI (1·48, 3·18)) and low sleep quality (β = 2·34; 95 % CI (1·45, 3·23)). Boys consumed two-point percent more UPF of the total energy than girls (β = 2·01; 95 % CI (0·20, 3·82)). For all ages, a Mediterranean diet was inversely associated with UPF (β = −4·86; 95 % CI (−5·53, −4·20) for good v. poor adherence in adults and (β = −5·08; 95 % CI (−8·38, −1·77) for kids). Conclusions: UPF contributes a modest proportion of energy to the diets of Italian adults while being one-quarter of the total energies in children/adolescents. UPF was associated with several psychosocial factors and eating behaviours. Increased adherence to Mediterranean diet would possibly result in lower UPF consumption. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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