Degree of food processing and association with overweight and abdominal obesity in adolescents.

Objective: To evaluate the association between the degree of food processing, overweight, and abdominal obesity in adolescents.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, with 576 adolescents aged 10 to 17 years, of both sexes. Food consumption was collected using the Food Frequency Questionnaire and foods classified as in natura or minimally processed, processed foods associated with culinary ingredients, and ultraprocessed foods.

Influence of sugar consumption from foods with different degrees of processing on anthropometric indicators of children and adolescents after 18 months of follow-up.

Excessive consumption of ultra-processed foods is associated with the development of metabolic changes in children and adolescents. However, the consumption of total sugars, monosaccharides and disaccharides present in these ultra-processed foods and other food groups and its association with anthropometric indicators must be evaluated. Therefore, this study aimed at analysing the influence of sugar consumption from foods with different degrees of processing on anthropometric indicators of children and adolescents after 18 months of follow-up.

Metabolic syndrome and associated factors in children and adolescents of a Brazilian municipality.

Background: the risk factors associated to metabolic syndrome (MS) have been extensively studied in adults, but in children and adolescents it is poorly explored.

Objective: To identify the prevalence of MS and associated factors in children and adolescents.

Methods: A cross-sectional study with 540 children and adolescents from 7 to 14 years of age.