ArticleBMJ nutrition, prevention & health2021
Effect of reducing ultraprocessed food consumption on obesity among US children and adolescents aged 7-18 years: evidence from a simulation model.
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- Factors Correlated With Ultra-Processed Food (UPF) Intake in Preschool-Aged Children and Association With Weight.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2024Article
- Evaluation of food purchasing in the Brazilian School Feeding Programme: feasibility of the requirements and recommendations.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- Identifying and Estimating Ultraprocessed Food Intake in the US NHANES According to the Nova Classification System of Food Processing.The Journal of nutrition · 2023Article
- Food processing groups and colorectal cancer risk in Morocco: evidence from a nationally representative case-control study.European journal of nutrition · 2022Article
- Examining the Association Between Parental Factors and Childhood Obesity.Journal of community health nursingArticle
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backgroundChildren and adolescents in the USA consume large amounts of daily calories from ultraprocessed foods (UPFs). Recent evidence links UPF consumption to increased body fat in youth. We aimed to estimate the potential impact of reducing UPF consumption on childhood obesity rate in the USA.
methodsWe developed a microsimulation model to project the effect of reducing UPF consumption in children's diet on reducing the prevalence of overweight or obesity among US youth. The model incorporated nationally representative data on body mass index (BMI) percentile and dietary intake of 5804 children and adolescents aged 7-18 years from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011-2016, and the effect of reducing UPF consumption on calorie intake from a recent randomised controlled trial. Uncertainties of model inputs were incorporated using probabilistic sensitivity analysis with 1000 simulations.
resultsReducing UPFs in children's diet was estimated to result in a median of -2.09 kg/m
conclusionsReducing UPF consumption in children's diet has the potential to substantially reduce childhood obesity rate among children and adolescents in the USA.
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