School Type, Eating Habits, and Screen Time are Associated With Ultra-Processed Food Consumption Among Brazilian Adolescents

• Published in: Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Vol. 121; no. 6; pp. 1136 - 1142
• Main Authors: Rocha, Luana Lara, Gratão, Lucia Helena Almeida, Carmo, Ariene Silva do, Costa, Aline Bárbara Pereira, Cunha, Cristiane de Freitas, Oliveira, Tatiana Resende Prado Rangel de, Mendes, Larissa Loures
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.06.2021
• Subjects: breakfast; childhood; diet; dietetics; Eating; energy intake; Food and nutrition; Food consumption; Food environment; multivariate analysis; NOVA classification; risk; Eating; Food and nutrition; Food consumption; Food environment; NOVA classification

The increasing consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) may be a result of the environmental influences to which adolescents are exposed and/or habits acquired since childhood through family interactions. Our aim was to investigate whether type of school administration (public or private), eating...