Associations between food addiction symptoms, food intake and BMI-for-age in children from a low-income region: A structural equation modeling approach
FA symptoms are associated with an increase in ultra-processed food consumption and a decrease in healthy food consumption among children from low-income families.
Authors
- Ravi Marinho dos Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2404-6738)
- Isabele Góes Nobre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4598-1060)
- Raquel Canuto
- Rodrigo Negreiros dos Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6387-857X)
- Isabella da Costa Ribeiro Nogueira
- Patrícia Miller Simões
- Joselma Da Silva Costa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0740-5150)
- Carol Góis Leandro
- Tafnes Laís Pereira Santos de Almei Oliveira
Institutions
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (BR)
- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Published
- 2026-03-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-026-01715-4
- Primary Topic
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
- Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco
- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
- Universidade de Pernambuco