出版社：Sociedad Española de Dietética y Ciencias de la Alimentación (SEDCA)
摘要：Introduction: Brazil has the second highest per capita
consumption of sugar in the world and added sugar (AS) contributes
to 12.6% of the total energy intake.
Objective: To investigate the main food sources of AS intake
in Brazilian population, according to sex, age, nutritional
status, and Brazilian macro-regions.
Methods: 2,000 individuals aged 15-65 years were included
in the Brazilian Nutrition and Health Study (EBANS).
EBANS is part of the Latin American Study of Nutrition and
Health (ELANS), a multicenter cross-sectional study of a nationally
representative sample of urban populations from
eight Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela). Food
and beverage intake, measured by 24-h dietary recall, were
classified into 216 groups. The contribution of each group to
AS incorporated sample weights and adjusted for clusters and
strata of complex sample design.
Results: The top 10 food groups with the highest levels of
AS were: soft drinks (36.0%); powdered juice mix (with
sugar) (9.6%); milk (with sugar) (8.4%); coffee (with sugar)
(7.2%); plain sugar (7.3%); natural juice (with sugar)
(4.8%); chocolate candy (2.4%); milk, plain or not (without
added sugar) (2.3%); cookies (2.2%); and whole grain
cracker (1.9%). Independent of sex, age, nutritional status,
or Brazilian macro-regions, the main contributor to AS consumption
was soft drinks.
Conclusion: The results highlight the need for interventions
focused on all Brazilian groups evaluated and the development
of public health policies to reduce AS content, especially the major
sources of AS (beverages processed and homemade).
