title: Meat consumption in São Paulo-Brazil: trend in the last decade.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To characterize trends in meat consumption, and verify the percentage of excessive red and processed meat consumption in the last decade in São Paulo, Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional weighted data from the Health Survey for São Paulo, conducted in São Paulo, Brazil among people aged 12 years and older.
  
  
  METHODS
  Diet was assessed by two 24-hour recalls in each survey. Usual meat consumption was estimated by Multiple Source Method. Wald tests were used to compare means across survey years. Data were collected from adolescents, adults, and elderly using a representative, complex, multistage probability-based survey in 2003 and in 2008 in São Paulo, southeast of Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  2631 Brazilians were studied in 2003 and 1662 in 2008.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Daily mean of red and processed meat consumption was 100 g/day in 2003, and 113 g/day in 2008. Excessive red and processed meat consumption was observed in almost 75% of the subjects, especially among adolescents in both surveys. Beef represented the largest proportion of meat consumed, followed by poultry, pork and fish in both surveys.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Daily red and processed meat consumption was higher in 2008 than in 2003, and almost the entire population consumed more than what is recommended by World Cancer Research Fund. Public health strategies are needed, in order to reduce red and processed meat consumption to the recommended amounts, for a healthy diet.
authors.affiliation: Departament of Nutrition, School of Public Health - University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Aline Martins
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Departament of Epidemiology, School of Public Health - University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Chester Luiz Galvão
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: César
authors.affiliation: Departament of Nutrition, School of Public Health - University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Regina Mara
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Fisberg
authors.affiliation: Departament of Nutrition, School of Public Health - University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Dirce Maria
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Marchioni
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002417:Cattle; D004032:Diet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004034:Diet Surveys / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004435:Eating; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005396:Fish Products / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005399:Fishes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D011200:Poultry; D013552:Swine; D055815:Young Adult