Processed and ultra-processed foods are associated with high prevalence of inadequate selenium intake and low prevalence of vitamin B1 and zinc inadequacy in adolescents from public schools in an urban area of northeastern Brazil.

Processed and ultra-processed foods are associated with high prevalence of inadequate selenium intake and low prevalence of vitamin B1 and zinc inadequacy in adolescents from public schools in an urban area of northeastern Brazil.

Changes in eating behavior of adolescents are associated with high consumption of processed and ultra-processed foods. This study evaluated the association between these foods and the prevalence of inadequate micronutrient intake in adolescents. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 444 adolesc...

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Main Authors: Raphaela Cecília Thé Maia de Arruda Falcão, Clélia de Oliveira Lyra, Célia Márcia Medeiros de Morais, Liana Galvão Bacurau Pinheiro, Lucia Fátima Campos Pedrosa, Severina Carla Vieira Cunha Lima, Karine Cavalcanti Maurício Sena-Evangelista
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224984

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