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Perceptions of risk and benefit of different foods consumed in Brazil and the optimism about chronic diseases.
Marsola, Camila de Mello; Carvalho-Ferreira, Joana Pereira de; Cunha, Luís Miguel; Jaime, Patricia Constante; da Cunha, Diogo Thimoteo.
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  • Marsola CM; Multidisciplinary Food and Health Laboratory, School of Applied Sciences, State University of Campinas, Limeira, Brazil.
  • Carvalho-Ferreira JP; Multidisciplinary Food and Health Laboratory, School of Applied Sciences, State University of Campinas, Limeira, Brazil.
  • Cunha LM; GreenUPorto, DGAOT, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Vila do Conde, Portugal.
  • Jaime PC; School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
  • da Cunha DT; Multidisciplinary Food and Health Laboratory, School of Applied Sciences, State University of Campinas, Limeira, Brazil. Electronic address: diogo.cunha@fca.unicamp.br.
Food Res Int ; 143: 110227, 2021 05.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33992341
This study aimed to assess consumers' perceptions about the impact of consumption of different foods on health and body weight, as well as to identify risk perceptions about food-related chronic diseases. Face-to-face questionnaires were conducted with 525 Brazilians. Individuals were asked about their perception of risks associated with the consumption of 50 food items on health and bodyweight. The unrealistic optimism was measured by asking participants about their risk and the risk of another person with similar body and health conditions of developing diabetes mellitus (DM), systemic arterial hypertension (SAH), and gaining 3 to 10 kg in the next 12 months. According to the principal component analysis, biased perception of food healthiness and weight gain was observed. Some UPF were perceived as healthy (e.g., gelatin, cereal bars, cream cracker), indicating a false healthy stereotype. Regarding the bodyweight effect, some typical Brazilian staple foods, such as rice, pasta, bread, and potatoes, were considered fattening foods. Optimistic bias was found for DM, SAH, and weight gain, and perceived control over health correlated negatively to risk perception of all hazards. Some motives for food choice and perceptions about foods affected the risk perception about chronic disease. Consumers with higher income, highly educated, and without children perceive higher health benefits in food than risks. These results indicate that health campaigns must be unbiased, clarifying the level of food processing and health effects, especially for the food stereotyped as healthy and fattening.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Manipulação de Alimentos / Preferências Alimentares Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Child / Humans País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Food Res Int Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Canadá
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Manipulação de Alimentos / Preferências Alimentares Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Child / Humans País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Food Res Int Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Canadá