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Association between home food preparation skills and behaviour, and consumption of ultra-processed foods: Cross-sectional analysis of the UK National Diet and nutrition survey (2008–2009)

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, May 2017
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Title
Association between home food preparation skills and behaviour, and consumption of ultra-processed foods: Cross-sectional analysis of the UK National Diet and nutrition survey (2008–2009)
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, May 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12966-017-0524-9
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Matthew Chak Leung Lam, Jean Adams

Abstract

'Ultra-processed foods' (UPF) have been industrially processed and tend to be higher in saturated fat, sodium and sugar than other foods. There is some evidence that consumption of UPF is associated with overweight, obesity and related diseases. In developed countries more than half of dietary energy is attributed to UPF. One reason for reliance on UPF may be poor home food preparation skills or infrequent use of these. This relationship has been previously proposed but not tested. We examined the relationship between home food preparation skills and behaviour and consumption of UPF. We used data from adults in the UK National Diet & Nutrition Survey 2008-09. Home food preparation skills and behaviours of adults (n = 509) were assessed using questions on confidence using eight cooking techniques, confidence cooking 10 foods, ability to prepare a cake or biscuits without help, and whether or not participants prepared a main meal five or more days per week. Individuals' UPF consumption was determined from four-day estimated diet diaries. Associations were adjusted for age, gender, occupational social class and household composition. In fully adjusted models, individuals who were confident with all 10 foods (adjusted beta (95% CI) = -3.76 (-6.02 to -1.50)), able to bake cakes or biscuits without help (-3.87 (-6.62 to -1.12)), and cooked a main meal at least five days a week (-2.84 (-5.43 to -0.24)) consumed a lower percentage of dietary energy from UPF. In UK adults better home food preparation skills and more frequent use of these skills tended to be cross-sectionally associated with lower UPF consumption. Greater encouragement of these skills may help reduce reliance on UPF.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 230 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 31 13%
Student > Master 30 13%
Student > Bachelor 30 13%
Researcher 16 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 4%
Other 32 14%
Unknown 84 36%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 38 16%
Medicine and Dentistry 31 13%
Social Sciences 16 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 3%
Other 24 10%
Unknown 104 45%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 63. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 November 2023.
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#195
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#10
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