he burden of excessive saturated fatty acid intake attributed to ultra-processed food consumption: a study conducted with nationally representative cross-sectional studies from eight countrie

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Steele, Euridice Martinez ^{[1, 2]} ; Batis, Carolina ^[3] ; Cediel, Gustavo ^{[4, 2]} ; Louzada, Maria Laura da Costa ^{[1, 2]} ; Khandpur, Neha ^{[1, 5, 2]} ; Machado, Priscila ^{[2, 6]} ; Moubarac, Jean-Claude ^[7] ; Rauber, Fernanda ^{[1, 8, 2]} ; Jedlicki, Marcela Reyes ^[9] ; Levy, Renata Bertazzi ^{[8, 2]} ; Monteiro, Carlos A. ^{[1, 2]}

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Nutr, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Ctr Epidemiol Studies Hlth & Nutr, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[3] Natl Inst Publ Hlth, CONACYT Ctr Nutr & Hlth Res, Mexico City, DF - Mexico

^[4] Univ Antioquia, Sch Nutr & Dietet, Medellin - Colombia

^[5] Harvard TH Chan Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Nutr, Boston, MA - USA

^[6] Deakin Univ, Sch Exercise & Nutr Sci, Inst Phys Act & Nutr IPAN, Geelong, Vic 3220 - Australia

^[7] Univ Montreal, Dept Nutr, Montreal, PQ - Canada

^[8] Univ Sao Paulo, Sch Med, Dept Prevent Med, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[9] Univ Chile, Unidad Nutr Publ, INTA, CIAPEC, Santiago - Chile

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; v. 10, JUN 4 2021.
• Web of Science Citations: 2

Abstract

Cross-sectional nutritional survey data collected in eight countries were used to estimate saturated fatty acid intakes. Our objective was to estimate the proportion of excessive saturated fatty acid intakes (>10 % of total energy intake) that could be avoided if ultra-processed food consumption was reduced to levels observed in the first quintile of each country. Secondary analysis was performed of 24 h dietary recall or food diary/record data collected by the most recently available nationally representative cross-sectional surveys carried out in Brazil (2008-9), Chile (2010), Colombia (2005), Mexico (2012), Australia (2011-12), the UK (2008-16), Canada (2015) and the US (2015-16). Population attributable fractions estimated the impact of reducing ultra-processed food consumption on excessive saturated fatty acid intakes (above 10 % of total energy intake) in each country. Significant relative reductions in the percentage of excessive saturated fatty acid intakes would be observed in all countries if ultra-processed food consumption was reduced to levels observed in the first quintile's consumption. The reductions in excessive intakes ranged from 10.0 % (95 % CI 6.2-13.6 %) in Canada to 35.0 % (95 % CI 28.7-48.0 %) in Mexico. In all eight studied countries, all presenting more than 30 % of intakes with excessive saturated fatty acids, lowering the dietary contribution of ultra-processed foods to attainable, context-specific levels was shown to be a potentially effective way to reduce the percentage of intakes with excessive saturated fatty acids, which may play an important role in the prevention of non-communicable diseases, particularly cardiovascular diseases. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 15/14900-9 - Consumption of ultra-processed foods, dietary nutrient profile diet and obesity in seven countries
• Grantee: Carlos Augusto Monteiro
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 16/14302-7 - Consumption of ultra-processed foods and indicators of diet quality in Australia
• Grantee: Fernanda Rauber
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• FAPESP's process: 18/17972-9 - Ultra-processed foods and 'protein leverage hypothesis': a study in seven countries
• Grantee: Eurídice Martínez Steele
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral