Post-Graduation Program in Health Sciences, University Center FMABC, Santo André 09060-650, SP, Brazil.
Server Health Surveillance Coordination, Federal University of Acre, Rio Branco 69920-900, AC, Brazil.
Nutrients. 2024 Jul 2;16(13):2117. doi: 10.3390/nu16132117.
A COVID-19 pandemic erupted, causing a global viral pneumonia outbreak, marking the most significant public health crisis of the 21st century. These changes profoundly impacted population health and well-being, leading to shifts in dietary habits. This study aimed to evaluate the consumption of ultra-processed foods in the Brazilian Amazon before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is a secondary data analysis study derived from the Surveillance System of Risk and Protective Factors for Chronic Diseases by Telephone Survey (Vigitel, 2019-2021) of the Brazilian Ministry of Health. All statistical analyses were performed using the Stata 17 statistical program in the survey module (svy).
We found an increased frequency in the subgroups of consumption of ultra-processed foods in the capital of the Brazilian Amazon region between the years 2019 and 2021. In the cities of Boa Vista and Macapá, there was a significant increase in the consumption of snacks, salty snacks, cookies, and meat products. Boa Vista and Macapá showed an increase in the percentage difference in the consumption ≥5 of ultra-processed subgroups, being 30.4% ( = 0.014) and 53.7% ( = 0.014), respectively.
The study indicated an increase in the consumption of ultra-processed foods in the Brazilian Amazon region during and after social distancing.
新冠疫情大流行爆发，引发了全球病毒性肺炎疫情，标志着 21 世纪最重大的公共卫生危机。这些变化深刻影响了人口健康和福祉，导致饮食习惯发生变化。本研究旨在评估新冠疫情前、期间和之后巴西亚马逊地区超加工食品的消费情况。
这是一项二次数据分析研究，源自巴西卫生部的通过电话调查的慢性病风险和保护因素监测系统（Vigitel，2019-2021 年）。所有统计分析均使用 Stata 17 统计程序的调查模块（svy）进行。
我们发现，2019 年至 2021 年间，巴西亚马逊地区首府的超加工食品消费亚组的消费频率增加。在博阿维斯塔和马卡帕市，零食、咸零食、饼干和肉类产品的消费显著增加。博阿维斯塔和马卡帕市超加工食品消费≥5 的亚组的百分比差异增加，分别为 30.4%（=0.014）和 53.7%（=0.014）。
该研究表明，在社交距离期间和之后，巴西亚马逊地区超加工食品的消费有所增加。
