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Associations between ultra‐ or minimally processed food intake and three adiposity indicators among <scp>US</scp> adults: <scp>NHANES</scp> 2011 to 2016

Authors :
Zefeng Zhang
Henry S. Kahn
Sandra L. Jackson
Euridice Martinez Steele
Cathleen Gillespie
Quanhe Yang
Source :
Obesity (Silver Spring)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Wiley, 2022.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Ultraprocessed food (UPF) intake is associated with BMI, but effects on regional adipose depots or related to minimally processed food (MPF) intake are unknown. METHODS: Data included 12,297 adults in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2011 to 2016. This study analyzed associations between usual percentage of kilocalories from UPFs and MPFs and three adiposity indicators: supine sagittal abdominal diameter to height ratio (SADHtR, estimates visceral adiposity); waist circumference to height ratio (WHtR, estimates abdominal adiposity); and BMI, using linear and multinomial logistic regression. RESULTS: Standardized β coefficients per 10% increase in UPF intake were 0.0926, 0.0846, and 0.0791 for SADHtR, WHtR, and BMI, respectively (all p &lt; 0.001; p &gt; 0.26 for pairwise differences). For MPF intake, the β coefficients were −0.0901, −0.0806, and −0.0688 (all p &lt; 0.001; p &gt; 0.18 pairwise). Adjusted odds ratios (95% CI) for adiposity tertile 3 versus tertile 1 (comparing UPF intake quartiles 2, 3, and 4 to quartile 1) were 1.33 (1.22-1.45), 1.67 (1.43-1.95), and 2.24 (1.76-2.86), respectively, for SADHtR; 1.31 (1.19-1.44), 1.62 (1.37-1.91), and 2.13 (1.63-2.78), respectively, for WHtR; and 1.27 (1.16-1.39), 1.53 (1.31-1.79), and 1.96 (1.53-2.51), respectively, for BMI. MPF intake showed inverse associations with similar trends in association strength. CONCLUSIONS: Among US adults, abdominal and visceral adiposity indictors were positively associated with UPFs and inversely associated with MPFs.

Details

ISSN :
1930739X and 19307381
Volume :
30
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Obesity
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....d172696435225a0c705ef4aa265d7a38
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.23507