title: Away-from-home eating: nutritional status and dietary intake among Brazilian adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the association between eating away from home and BMI and to examine whether dietary intake differs based on the consumption of away-from-home food (AFHF).
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were obtained from the first Brazilian National Dietary Survey, using food records. The association between the percentage of energy provided by foods consumed away from home and BMI status was tested using logistic regression models. The mean percentages of energy provided by protein, fat, saturated fat and free sugars were calculated based on the consumption of foods away from home among AFHF consumers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Urban areas of Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adults (n 13 736) between 25 and 65 years old.
  
  
  RESULTS
  AFHF was not associated with BMI status. Individuals who consumed AFHF had higher intakes of free sugars away from home than at home and had higher intakes of energy-dense foods than AFHF non-consumers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although AFHF consumption was not related to overweight or obesity status, individuals who consumed foods away from home had higher intakes of energy-dense foods. Public health policies should be implemented to help people make healthier food choices away from home.
authors.affiliation: 1Health Science Center, Faculty of Nutrition,University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR),Avenida Washington Soares 1321,sala C07,Coordenação de Nutrição,CEP:60.811-905,Fortaleza,CE,Brazil.
authors.forename: Ilana Nogueira
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Bezerra
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Epidemiology,Institute of Social Medicine,State University of Rio de Janeiro,Rio de Janeiro,RJ,Brazil.
authors.forename: Eliseu Verly
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Junior
authors.affiliation: 3Josue de Castro Nutrition Institute,Department of Social Nutrition,Federal University of Rio de Janeiro,Rio de Janeiro,RJ,Brazil.
authors.forename: Rosangela Alves
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: 3Josue de Castro Nutrition Institute,Department of Social Nutrition,Federal University of Rio de Janeiro,Rio de Janeiro,RJ,Brazil.
authors.forename: Rosely
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sichieri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003258:Consumer Behavior / Q000191:economics; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology; D015930:Diet Records; D002149:Energy Intake / Q000208:ethnology; D057140:Fast Foods / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009765:Obesity / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology*; D050177:Overweight / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D014504:Urban Health / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology
keywords: Brazil