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Nova score for the consumption of ultra-processed foods: description and perfor...
Costa,Caroline dos Santos; Faria,Franciane Rocha de; Gabe,Kamila Tiemann; Sattamini,Isabela Fleury; Khandpur,Neha; Leite,Fernanda Helena MarrocosABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the Nova score for the consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPF) and evaluate its potential in reflecting the dietary share of UPF in Brazil. METHODS This study was conducted in São Paulo with a convenience sample of 300 adults. Using a tablet, participants answered a 3-minute electronic self-report questionnaire on the consumption of 23 subgroups of UPF commonly consumed in Braz...
Body weight changes in the NutriNet Brasil cohort during the covid-19 pandemic
Costa,Caroline dos Santos; Steele,Eurídice Martínez; Leite,Maria Alvim; Rauber,Fernanda; Levy,Renata Bertazzi; Monteiro,Carlos AugustoABSTRACT This study describes body weight changes among participants of the NutriNet Brasil cohort (n = 14,259) during the covid-19 pandemic. We analyzed data reported before the pandemic onset (01/26/2020 to 03/18/2020) and about six months after (09/14/2020 to 10/19/2020). Our results show that 19.7% of the participants gained ≥ 2 kg. Weight gain was directly associated with male gender, lower education, and ...
Dietary changes in the NutriNet Brasil cohort during the covid-19 pandemic
Steele,Eurídice Martínez; Rauber,Fernanda; Costa,Caroline dos Santos; Leite,Maria Alvim; Gabe,Kamila Tiemann; Louzada,Maria Laura da CostaABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the dietary characteristics of participants in the NutriNet Brasil cohort immediately before and during the covid-19 pandemic. METHODS Our data stem from an adult cohort created to prospectively investigate the relationship between diet and morbidity and mortality from chronic non-communicable diseases in Brazil. For this study, we selected the first participants (n = 10,116) who ...