Consumo de alimentos ultraprocessados por escolares de zona rural

Mariana Moreno Bueno; Chirle de Oliveira Raphaelli; Ludmila Correa Muniz

doi:10.5433/1679-0367.2018v39n2p137

Consumption of ultraprocessed foods by rural schoolchildren

Authors

Mariana Moreno Bueno Faculdade de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.
Chirle de Oliveira Raphaelli Faculdade de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.
Ludmila Correa Muniz Faculdade de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0367.2018v39n2p137

Keywords:

Adolescent, Rural areas, Food consumption

Abstract

The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of ultraprocessed food consumption among rural schoolchildren. A cross-sectional study was carried out from the 6th to the 9th year in the municipal from the municipal education network of Barão do Triunfo, RS. The frequency of consumption of ultraprocessed foods (soft drinks, processed juices, cakes, sweet or stuffed biscuits, desserts, candies, chocolates, chewing gum, candy, lollipops or other delicacies, sausages foods and chips) regular consumption of 5 or more times in the week. The adolescents were classified by the Body Mass Index for Age. The highest regular consumption was of industrialized juice (50.8%), followed by goodies (47.6%). Approximately 90% of the population consumes soda, processed juice, cake and candy for 1 or 2 times a week. In conclusion, ultraprocessed foods are included in the food consumption of rural adolescents. This is worrying, especially since schoolchildren have high frequencies of overweight.

Author Biographies

Mariana Moreno Bueno, Faculdade de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.

PhD student in Food Science and Technology, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Chirle de Oliveira Raphaelli, Faculdade de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.

Graduated in Nutrition from theUniversidade Federal de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Ludmila Correa Muniz, Faculdade de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.

PhD in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Professor at the Faculty of Nutrition, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

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2019-01-21

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Bueno MM, Raphaelli C de O, Muniz LC. Consumption of ultraprocessed foods by rural schoolchildren. Semin. Cienc. Biol. Saude [Internet]. 2019 Jan. 21 [cited 2024 Aug. 24];39(2):137-44. Available from: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/seminabio/article/view/31958

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Vol. 39 No. 2 (2018)

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