Comparing the ways a sample of Brazilian adults classify food with the NOVA food classification: An exploratory insight.

Comparing the ways a sample of Brazilian adults classify food with the NOVA food classification: An exploratory insight. Appetite. 2019 Mar 09;: Authors: Menegassi B, de Morais Sato P, Scagliusi FB, Moubarac JC Abstract The aim of this study is to have an exploratory insight on how a sample of Brazilian adults classify food, attempting to identify the main factors involved in this process, and to compare these classifications to the NOVA food classification of the 2014 Brazilian dietary guidelines. An exploratory and qualitative approach was conducted with a selected sample of teachers, administrative technicians, and students (N = 24) from the Federal University of Grande Dourados, Brazil. First, using the pile sort method, participants were asked to freely classify 24 pictures of food (sourced from examples of the four food groups specified in NOVA) into food groups meaningful to them. Next, in semi-structured interviews, participants were asked to describe the food groups they created. The food groups created by participants were analyzed using non-metric multidimensional scaling followed by hierarchical cluster analysis, and the interviews were analyzed using content analysis. Participants had a mean age of 30 (±9.4) years. A total of 128 food groups were created by 24 participants (an average of five food groups per person); and a total of 55 non-mutually exclusive groups names were used by them to describe these food group...
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