ArticleNutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)2018
Early feeding practices and consumption of ultraprocessed foods at 6 y of age: Findings from the 2004 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort Study.
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- A Systematic Review of Worldwide Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods: Findings and Criticisms.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- Consumption of ultra-processed foods and health outcomes: a systematic review of epidemiological studies.Nutrition journal · 2020Pooled it
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- Effectiveness of an Intervention to Prevent Ultra-Processed Foods and Added Sugar in the First Year of Life: A Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial in Brazil.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025Trial
- Effect of breastfeeding on dietary patterns in early childhood: the CoAlHaS study.European journal of nutrition · 2026Article
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- Breastfeeding, first-food systems and corporate power: a case study on the market and political practices of the transnational baby food industry in Brazil.Globalization and health · 2024Article
- Maternal determinants of dietary patterns in infancy and early childhood in the Growing up in New Zealand cohort.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Individual and family predictors of ultra-processed food consumption in Spanish children: The SENDO project.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- Complementary feeding methods and introduction of ultra-processed foods: A randomized clinical trial.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Early consumption of ultra-processed foods among children under 2 years old in Brazil.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Ultra-Processed Food Consumption Among Chilean Preschoolers Is Associated With Diets Promoting Non-communicable Diseases.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Article
- The Western diet: a blind spot of eating disorder research?-a narrative review and recommendations for treatment and research.Nutrition reviews · 2020Review
- Feeding practices of low birth weight Brazilian infants and associated factors.Revista de saude publica · 2020Article
- CHARCTERIZATION OF FEEDING OF CHILDREN UNDER 24 MONTHS IN UNITS CARED BY THE FAMILY HEALTH STRATEGY.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2020Article
- Sources and Determinants of Discretionary Food Intake in a Cohort of Australian Children Aged 12-14 Months.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Association between watching TV whilst eating and children's consumption of ultraprocessed foods in United Kingdom.Maternal & child nutrition · 2019Article
- Appropriate age range for introduction of complementary feeding into an infant's diet.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2019Article
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- Association between consumption of ultra-processed foods and all cause mortality: SUN prospective cohort study.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study was to examine the association between early feeding practices and consumption of ultraprocessed foods in children at age 6 y.
methodsThis was a prospective cohort study using data from 3427 children who participated in the 2004 Pelotas Cohort Study and who had available food frequency questionnaire information at 6 y. Information about exclusive and total breastfeeding duration as well as age at introduction of semisolid and solid foods was used to define early feeding practices. Consumption of ultraprocessed foods was defined as proportion of total daily energy intake that came from ultraprocessed foods at age 6 y. Crude and adjusted linear regression models were employed to analyze the effect of early feeding practices on ultraprocessed foods consumption.
resultsIt was determined that 40.3% of total daily energy intake at 6 y came from ultraprocessed foods. In crude linear regression models, early feeding practices (exclusive and total breastfeeding duration, and age at introduction of semisolid and solid foods) were negatively associated with ultraprocessed foods consumption. After adjustment, only exclusive breastfeeding duration and age at introduction of solid foods remained associated with consumption of ultraprocessed foods, although the observed effects size was small. Children exclusively breastfed for ≥3 mo and those who had solid foods introduced at ≥4 mo consumed a lower proportion of daily energy intake from ultraprocessed foods.
conclusionThis study supports the need to promote healthy early feeding practices including the support of breastfeeding to promote healthier eating habits later in childhood.
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