Consumption of minimally processed food is inversely associated with excess weight in adolescents living in an underdeveloped city

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Authors

Ingrid Sofia Vieira de Melo · Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology Alagoas

Clara Andrezza Crisóstomo Bezerra Costa · Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology Alagoas

João Victor Laurindo dos Santos · Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology Alagoas

Aldenir Feitosa dos Santos · Universidade Federal de Alagoas

Telma Maria de Menezes Toledo Florêncio · Centro Universitário Cesmac

Nassib Bezerra Bueno · Universidade Federal de Alagoas

Abstract

Consumption of minimally processed food is inversely associated with excess weight in adolescents. Investments in nutritional education aiming the prevention of chronic diseases associated with the consumption of these foods are necessary.

Topics & Keywords

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 12, Issue 11, pp. e0188401-e0188401

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188401

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