Dietary changes in the NutriNet Brasil cohort during the covid-19 pandemic.
Rev Saude Publica
; 54: 91, 2020 Sep 04.
Article
in English, Portuguese
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-750412
ABSTRACT
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 answered twice to a simplified questionnaire on their diet the day before, the first time when entering the study, between January 26 and February 15, 2020, and the second between May 10 and 19, 2020. The questionnaire inquiries about the consumption of healthy (vegetables, fruits and legumes) and unhealthy (ultra-processed foods) eating markers. Comparisons of indicators based on the consumption of these markers before and during the pandemic are presented for the study population and according to gender, age group, macro-region of residence and schooling. Chi-square tests and t-tests were used to compare proportions and means, respectively, adopting p < 0.05 to identify significant differences.RESULTS:
For all participants, we found a modest but statistically significant increase in the consumption of healthy eating markers and stability in the consumption of unhealthy food markers. This favorable pattern of dietary changes during the pandemic occurred in most sociodemographic strata. We observed a less favorable changing pattern, with a tendency to increasing consumption of healthy and unhealthy food markers, in the Northeast and North macro-regions and among people with less schooling, suggesting social inequalities in the response to the pandemic.CONCLUSIONS:
If confirmed, the trend of increased consumption of ultra-processed foods in underdeveloped regions and by people with less schooling is concerning, as eating these foods increases the risk of obesity, hypertension and diabetes, whose presence increases the severity and lethality of covid-19.
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- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7454165
- https://dx.doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.2020054002950
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Diet
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Noncommunicable Diseases
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
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Portuguese
Journal:
Rev Saude Publica
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S1518-8787.2020054002950
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