Consumption patterns of processed foods in Singapore—a cross-sectional study

The consumption of processed foods is increasingly widespread and could have an impact on diet quality and health. Understanding the factors influencing people's eating habits is useful for assessing such impact. There are limited data on the consumption patterns of processed foods and associat...

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Main Authors: Gan, Patrick, Er, Jun Cheng, Chow, Kenneth, Er, Benjamin, Chan, Joanne Sheot Harn, Li, Angela, Aung, Kyaw Thu
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1647312023-02-28T17:14:01Z Consumption patterns of processed foods in Singapore—a cross-sectional study Gan, Patrick Er, Jun Cheng Chow, Kenneth Er, Benjamin Chan, Joanne Sheot Harn Li, Angela Aung, Kyaw Thu School of Biological Sciences Singapore Food Agency Science::Biological sciences Processed Foods Consumption Pattern The consumption of processed foods is increasingly widespread and could have an impact on diet quality and health. Understanding the factors influencing people's eating habits is useful for assessing such impact. There are limited data on the consumption patterns of processed foods and associated factors influencing the dietary patterns in Singapore. This cross-sectional study based on a food frequency questionnaire aimed to examine how the consumption of processed foods among 2079 Singapore residents aged 18 to 89 years varies with sociodemographic factors. The analysis of the consumption by processed food groups showed that the studied factors, i.e., age, gender, ethnicity, housing and health status, all contributed to differences in processed food consumption to varying extents, with ethnicity being the key factor driving the variation. Such differences were also confirmed to a limited degree by determining another measure of consumption, i.e., a processed food variety score. The findings in this study could inform further work in relation to dietary risks. Singapore Food Agency Published version This research was funded by the Singapore Food Agency. 2023-02-13T04:35:12Z 2023-02-13T04:35:12Z 2022 Journal Article Gan, P., Er, J. C., Chow, K., Er, B., Chan, J. S. H., Li, A. & Aung, K. T. (2022). Consumption patterns of processed foods in Singapore—a cross-sectional study. Foods, 11(18), 11182782-. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods11182782 2304-8158 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/164731 10.3390/foods11182782 36140910 2-s2.0-85138625779 18 11 11182782 en Foods © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). application/pdf
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country Singapore
Singapore
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topic Science::Biological sciences
Processed Foods
Consumption Pattern
spellingShingle Science::Biological sciences
Processed Foods
Consumption Pattern
Gan, Patrick
Er, Jun Cheng
Chow, Kenneth
Er, Benjamin
Chan, Joanne Sheot Harn
Li, Angela
Aung, Kyaw Thu
Consumption patterns of processed foods in Singapore—a cross-sectional study
description The consumption of processed foods is increasingly widespread and could have an impact on diet quality and health. Understanding the factors influencing people's eating habits is useful for assessing such impact. There are limited data on the consumption patterns of processed foods and associated factors influencing the dietary patterns in Singapore. This cross-sectional study based on a food frequency questionnaire aimed to examine how the consumption of processed foods among 2079 Singapore residents aged 18 to 89 years varies with sociodemographic factors. The analysis of the consumption by processed food groups showed that the studied factors, i.e., age, gender, ethnicity, housing and health status, all contributed to differences in processed food consumption to varying extents, with ethnicity being the key factor driving the variation. Such differences were also confirmed to a limited degree by determining another measure of consumption, i.e., a processed food variety score. The findings in this study could inform further work in relation to dietary risks.
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author_facet School of Biological Sciences
Gan, Patrick
Er, Jun Cheng
Chow, Kenneth
Er, Benjamin
Chan, Joanne Sheot Harn
Li, Angela
Aung, Kyaw Thu
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author Gan, Patrick
Er, Jun Cheng
Chow, Kenneth
Er, Benjamin
Chan, Joanne Sheot Harn
Li, Angela
Aung, Kyaw Thu
author_sort Gan, Patrick
title Consumption patterns of processed foods in Singapore—a cross-sectional study
title_short Consumption patterns of processed foods in Singapore—a cross-sectional study
title_full Consumption patterns of processed foods in Singapore—a cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Consumption patterns of processed foods in Singapore—a cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Consumption patterns of processed foods in Singapore—a cross-sectional study
title_sort consumption patterns of processed foods in singapore—a cross-sectional study
publishDate 2023
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/164731
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