Sugar and total energy content of household food purchases in Brazil

Bibliographic Data

ID15094124
AuthorsRenata B Levy (0000-0001-5388-7002, Instituto de Saúde), Rafael Moreira Claro (0000-0001-9690-575X, Universidade de São Paulo), Carlos Augusto Monteiro (0000-0002-3777-1533, Universidade de São Paulo, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume12
Issue11
Pages2084-2091
Publication date2009-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublic Health Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1368980009005588
PMID19402945
OpenAlexW2169248641
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited19

Objective To study the role of energy derived from sugar (both table sugar and sugar added to processed foods) in the total energy content of food purchases in Brazil. Design Food purchase data were collected during a national household budget survey carried out between June 2002 and July 2003 on a probabilistic sample representative of all households in the country. The amount of food purchased in this 12-month period was transformed into energy and energy from sugar using food composition tables. Multiple linear regression models were used to study the association between amount of energy from sugar and total energy content of food purchases, controlling for sociodemographic variables and potential interactions between these variables and sugar purchases. Results There was a positive and significant association between energy from sugar and total household energy purchases. A 1 kJ increase in sugar purchase corresponded to a 3·637 kJ increase in total energy. In the absence of expenditure on meals outside the home, i.e. when household food purchases tend to approximate actual food consumption by household members, sugar purchase of 1926·35 kJ/d (the 90th percentile of the distribution of sugar purchases in Brazil) was associated, depending on income strata, with total energy purchase over 40–60 % of the recommended daily value for energy intake in Brazil. Conclusions The present results corroborate the recommendations of the WHO and the Brazilian Ministry of Health regarding limiting the consumption of sugar

Added sugar · Agricultural economics · Agricultural science · Biology · Business · Christian ministry · Consumption (sociology · Economics · Percentile · Statistics · Sugar · Sugar consumption · Total energy · Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling · Environmental Science · Mathematics · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Food Science

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