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      Ultra-processed foods consumption among inmates in a women’s prison in São Paulo, Brazil Translated title: Consumo de alimentos ultra-procesados en reclusas de una cárcel femenina de São Paulo Brasil

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          ABSTRACT

          Objectives

          To assess the consumption of ultra-processed foods among inmates in a women’s prison in the State of São Paulo, Brazil.

          Methods

          We conducted a cross-sectional study in 2012/2013 with 1,013 female inmates. A structured interview questionnaire was used to collect socio-demographic, self-reported morbidity and healthy lifestyles and health-related behaviors data. The inmates’ usual diet was assessed with a food frequency questionnaire. Foods were classified as either natural or minimally processed, processed or ultra-processed.

          Results

          Inmates age ranged from 18 to 65 years, 51.7% were black, 80.3% had children, 69.5% smoked, 47% were overweight/obese and half of them had high blood triglycerides. The prevalence of daily consumption of natural or minimally processed foods (rice, beans and cassava flour) was 87.7%. The prevalence of daily consumption of green leafy and other vegetables was 63.7%. Almost two-thirds reported consuming milk and fried chicken frequently. A high prevalence of daily consumption of ultra-processed foods was observed in this study. Hot dog bread and sweet bread with margarine were consumed by 86.5% of the interviewees on a daily basis; sugar sweetened beverages by 68.4%, and biscuits as well as candies by 77.1%.

          Conclusions

          The women’s diet in the prison is of low quality, and may lead to metabolic alterations, obesity and other comorbidities. It is recommended that the prison’s Food Evaluation Committee considers improvements to the quality of the prisoners’ diets.

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          Objetivo

          Evaluar el consumo de alimentos ultra-procesados entre las reclusas en una prisión femenina en el Estado de São Paulo, Brasil.

          Métodos

          Se realizó un estudio transversal en 2012/2013 con 1.013 reclusas. El instrumento de recolección de datos contempló cuestiones sociodemográficas, morbilidad referida y acciones de prevención, indicadores relacionados al estilo de vida y comportamientos de salud. El consumo de alimentos se verificó de acuerdo con el grado de procesamiento de los alimentos: in natura o mínimamente procesados, procesados y ultraprocesados.

          Resultados

          La edad varió de 18 a 65 años, el 51,7% eran negras, el 80,3% tenían hijos, el 69,5% fumaban, el 47% tenía sobrepeso/obesidad y la mitad de ellas tenían hipertrigliceridemia. La prevalencia de consumo diario de alimentos naturales o mínimamente procesados (arroz, frijoles y harina de mandioca) fue del 87,7%. La prevalencia de consumo diario de hojas verdes y otros vegetales fue del 63,7%. Alrededor de dos tercios reportaron consumir frecuentemente leche y pollo frito. Se observó una alta prevalencia de consumo diario de alimentos ultra-procesados en este estudio. El pan de perro caliente o “hot dog” y el pan dulce con margarina fueron consumidos por el 86,5% de las entrevistadas, refrescos por el 68,4%, galletas y dulces por el 77,1%.

          Conclusiones

          El alimento servido en la cárcel es de baja calidad, y puede llevar a cambios metabólicos, obesidad y otras comorbilidades. Se recomienda que el Comité de Evaluación de Alimentos de la cárcel considere la mejora de la calidad de los alimentos servidos.

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          Profits and pandemics: prevention of harmful effects of tobacco, alcohol, and ultra-processed food and drink industries.

          The 2011 UN high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) called for multisectoral action including with the private sector and industry. However, through the sale and promotion of tobacco, alcohol, and ultra-processed food and drink (unhealthy commodities), transnational corporations are major drivers of global epidemics of NCDs. What role then should these industries have in NCD prevention and control? We emphasise the rise in sales of these unhealthy commodities in low-income and middle-income countries, and consider the common strategies that the transnational corporations use to undermine NCD prevention and control. We assess the effectiveness of self-regulation, public-private partnerships, and public regulation models of interaction with these industries and conclude that unhealthy commodity industries should have no role in the formation of national or international NCD policy. Despite the common reliance on industry self-regulation and public-private partnerships, there is no evidence of their effectiveness or safety. Public regulation and market intervention are the only evidence-based mechanisms to prevent harm caused by the unhealthy commodity industries. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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            Nutrition and health. The issue is not food, nor nutrients, so much as processing.

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              Increasing consumption of ultra-processed foods and likely impact on human health: evidence from Brazil.

              To assess time trends in the contribution of processed foods to food purchases made by Brazilian households and to explore the potential impact on the overall quality of the diet. Application of a new classification of foodstuffs based on extent and purpose of food processing to data collected by comparable probabilistic household budget surveys. The classification assigns foodstuffs to the following groups: unprocessed/minimally processed foods (Group 1); processed culinary ingredients (Group 2); or ultra-processed ready-to-eat or ready-to-heat food products (Group 3). Eleven metropolitan areas of Brazil. Households; n 13,611 in 1987-8, n 16,014 in 1995-5 and n 13,848 in 2002-3. Over the last three decades, the household consumption of Group 1 and Group 2 foods has been steadily replaced by consumption of Group 3 ultra-processed food products, both overall and in lower- and upper-income groups. In the 2002-3 survey, Group 3 items represented more than one-quarter of total energy (more than one-third for higher-income households). The overall nutrient profile of Group 3 items, compared with that of Group 1 and Group 2 items, revealed more added sugar, more saturated fat, more sodium, less fibre and much higher energy density. The high energy density and the unfavourable nutrition profiling of Group 3 food products, and also their potential harmful effects on eating and drinking behaviours, indicate that governments and health authorities should use all possible methods, including legislation and statutory regulation, to halt and reverse the replacement of minimally processed foods and processed culinary ingredients by ultra-processed food products.
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                Journal
                Rev Esp Sanid Penit
                Rev Esp Sanid Penit
                sanipe
                Revista Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria
                Sociedad Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria
                1575-0620
                2013-6463
                Sep-Dec 2018
                Sep-Dec 2018
                : 20
                : 3
                : 87-94
                Affiliations
                [1 ] originalDepartamento de Salud Pública. Universidad de Campinas. Campinas, SP, Brasil. normalizedUniversidade Estadual de Campinas orgdiv1Departamento de Salud Pública orgnameUniversidad de Campinas Campinas, SP Brazil
                [2 ] originalPrograma de Alimentación y Cultura de la Fundación Oswaldo Cruz. FIOCRUZ. Brasilia normalizedFundação Oswaldo Cruz orgdiv1Programa de Alimentación y Cultura orgnameFundación Oswaldo Cruz Brasilia, Brazil
                [3 ] originalDepartamento de Ciencias Sociales y de la Conducta. Facultad de Salud Pública Yale University. New Haven. Connecticut. USA. normalizedYale University orgdiv2Departamento de Ciencias Sociales y de la Conducta orgdiv1Facultad de Salud Pública orgnameYale University New Haven, Connecticut USA
                Author notes
                Correspondence: Celene Aparecida Ferrari Audi. Universidad de Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil. E-mail: celenefaudi@ 123456yahoo.com.br
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                History
                : 11 September 2017
                : 01 March 2018
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 2, Equations: 0, References: 27, Pages: 08
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                women’s health,prison,food consumption,cross-sectional studies,population,prisoners,salud de la mujer,prisiones,consumo de alimentos,estudios transversales,población,prisioneros

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