Int J Public Health International Journal of Public Health Int J Public Health 1661-8564 Frontiers Media S.A. 1605178 10.3389/ijph.2022.1605178 Public Health Archive Correction Corrigendum: Changes in Obesity Prevalence Attributable to Ultra-Processed Food Consumption in Brazil Between 2002 and 2009 Louzada et al. Corrigendum: Obesity and Ultra-Processed Foods Consumption Louzada Maria Laura 1 2 * Steele Eurídice Martinez 2 Rezende Leandro F. M. 3 Levy Renata Bertazzi 4 Monteiro Carlos Augusto 1 2 1 School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil 2 Center for Epidemiological Research in Nutrition and Health, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil 3 Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil 4 Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil *Correspondence: Maria Laura Louzada, maria.laura.louzada@usp.br

This Correction is part of the IJPH Special Issue “Food as a Public Health Issue.”

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 A Corrigendum on Changes in Obesity Prevalence Attributable to Ultra-Processed Food Consumption in Brazil Between 2002 and 2009 by Louzada ML, Steele EM, Rezende LFM, Levy RB and Monteiro CA (2022). Int J Public Health 67:1604103. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2022.1604103 obesity Brazil ultra-processed foods population attributable fraction epidemiology nutrition surveys

In the original article, there was a mistake in Table 3 as published. The 95% CI in the last column is “0.88 to 2.29” and not “0.33 to 1.59”. The corrected Table 3 appears below.

Prevalence of obesity predicted from two multiple-adjusted linear regression models a according to alternative scenarios regarding the consumption of ultra-processed foods. Brazilian households strata in 2002/3 (n = 443) and 2008/9 (n = 550).

Survey year Population distribution of consumption of ultra-processed foods as in Predicted multiple-adjusted prevalence of obesity (%) Population distribution of consumption of ultra-processed foods as in Predicted prevalence of obesity (%) Difference between predicted values
Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI
2002/3 2002/3 10.15 9.79; 10.53 2008/9 10.53 10.38; 10.69 0.38 −0.14 to 0.90
2008/9 2002/3 12.55 12.26; 12.84 2008/9 14.11 13.66; 14.55 1.55 0.88 to 2.29

Models adjusted for household income per capita, setting (urban/rural), region of the country, percentage of expenditure on eating out of home, proportion of children, women and the elderly in stratum.

The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.