Consumption of ultra-processed foods and indicators of diet quality in Portugal

• Grant number: 20/15788-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: January 01, 2021
• End date: June 30, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nutrition - Nutritional Analysis of Population
• Agreement: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
• Principal Investigator: Renata Bertazzi Levy
• Grantee: Luiza Antoniazzi Gomes de Gouveia
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina (FM). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 18/07391-9 - Consumption of ultra-processed foods, nutrient profile and obesity in Portugal, AP.R

Abstract

The activity plan of to this postdoctoral fellowship is related to the study of the association between consumption of ultra-processed foods and quality of diet in the population of Portugal. The plan includes three main activities: 1) monitoring and checking the dietary data evaluation of the Portuguese database; 2) analysis of Portuguese data on the association between consumption of ultraprocessed foods and indicators of diet's nutritional profile, comparison with synthetic indexes and contribution in the free sugar content of diet; 3) participation in Portugal data analyzes related to the association between ultra-processed foods consumption and obesity. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DE MORAES, MILENA MIRANDA; OLIVEIRA, BRUNO; AFONSO, CLAUDIA; SANTOS, CRISTINA; TORRES, DUARTE; LOPES, CARLA; DE MIRANDA, RENATA COSTA; RAUBER, FERNANDA; ANTONIAZZI, LUIZA; LEVY, RENATA BERTAZZI; et al. An Ultra-Processed Food Dietary Pattern Is Associated with Lower Diet Quality in Portuguese Adults and the Elderly: The UPPER Project. NUTRIENTS, v. 13, n. 11, NOV 2021. (20/15788-6, 19/05972-7, 18/07391-9)

ANTONIAZZI, LUIZA; DE MIRANDA, RENATA COSTA; RAUBER, FERNANDA; DE MORAES, MILENA MIRANDA; AFONSO, CLAUDIA; SANTOS, CRISTINA; LOPES, CARLA; RODRIGUES, SARA; LEVY, RENATA BERTAZZI; UPPER GRP. Ultra-processed food consumption deteriorates the profile of micronutrients consumed by Portuguese adults and elderly: the UPPER project. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, v. N/A, p. 11-pg., 2022-11-21. (18/07391-9, 20/15788-6, 19/05972-7)

DE MORAES, MILENA MIRANDA; OLIVEIRA, BRUNO; AFONSO, CLAUDIA; SANTOS, CRISTINA; TORRES, DUARTE; LOPES, CARLA; DE MIRANDA, RENATA COSTA; RAUBER, FERNANDA; ANTONIAZZI, LUIZA; LEVY, RENATA BERTAZZI; et al. Dietary Patterns in Portuguese Children and Adolescent Population: The UPPER Project. NUTRIENTS, v. 13, n. 11, NOV 2021. (20/15788-6, 19/05972-7, 18/07391-9)