• Nutrition · Nov 2020

    High consumption of ultra-processed foods is associated with lower muscle mass in Brazilian adolescents in the RPS birth cohort.

    • Poliana Cristina de Almeida Fonseca Viola, Carolina Abreu de Carvalho, Maylla Luanna Barbosa Martins Bragança, Ana Karina Texeira da Cunha França, Maria Teresa Seabra Soares de Britto E Alves, and da Silva Antônio Augusto Moura AAM Postgraduate Program in Public Health, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil..
    • Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil.
    • Nutrition. 2020 Nov 1; 79-80: 110983.

    ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to investigate the association between percent contribution of ultra-processed foods to total dietary energy intake and measurements of body composition obtained using high-validity methods.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study with 1525 adolescents 18 to 19 y of age from the second follow-up of the 1997/98 São Luís birth cohort, Brazil. To evaluate nutritional status and body composition, the body mass index (BMI)-for-age was used, along with waist circumference, total and android body fat percentage, muscle mass, and the lean mass index (LMI). Food consumption was evaluated by a food frequency questionnaire. Food items were grouped according to the level of processing as per the NOVA classification. Through semi-structured questionnaires, sociodemographic and lifestyle data were abstracted. Adjusted linear regression models were used to evaluate the associations between consumption of ultra-processed foods and body composition measurements.ResultsTotal average energy consumption was 2919.7 kcal, with 58% (1634.9 kcal) derived from natural or minimally processed foods and 37% (1136.5 kcal) from ultra-processed products. In the adjusted analyses, BMI, muscle mass, and LMI were inversely associated with consumption of ultra-processed foods. A 1% increase in the percent contribution of ultra-processed items to total dietary energy intake was associated with a 0.04 kg decrease in muscle mass (β = -0.04; 95% confidence interval [CI], -0.06 to -0.02; P < 0.001) and a 0.01 kg/m2 decrease in lean body mass (β = -0.01; 95% CI, -0.02 to -0.01; P < 0.001).ConclusionThe contribution of ultra-processed foods to total dietary energy intake of Brazilian adolescents was associated with body composition, especially with decreasing lean body mass.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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