Does an antihypertensive diet cost more? Analysis from the Chinese Heart-Healthy diet trial.

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the Chinese heart-healthy diet (Sichuan cuisine version) (CHH diet-SC) was more expensive than the conventional Sichuan diet and explore the food groups and nutrients that mainly affected the cost of CHH diet-SC. DESIGN: Cost analysis of 4-week intervention diets in the Sichuan center representing southwestern China in the CHH diet study. SETTING: A multicentre, parallel-group, single-blind, randomised feeding trial evaluating the efficacy of lowering blood pressure with the cuisine-based CHH diet. PARTICIPANTS: Totally, fifty-three participants with hypertension aged 25-75 years in the Sichuan center were randomised into the control group (n 26) or the CHH diet-SC group (n 27). RESULTS: The CHH diet-SC was more expensive than the control diet (¥27·87 ± 2·41 v. ¥25·18 ± 2·79 equals $3·90 ± 0·34 v. $3·52 ± 0·39, P < 0·001), and the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio for a 1-mm Hg systolic blood pressure reduction was ¥9·12 ($1·28). Intakes and the cost of seafood, dairy products, fruits, soybeans and nuts, whole grains and mixed beans were higher for the CHH diet-SC than for the control diet (P < 0·001). Intakes of vitamin B1, vitamin B6, vitamin C, Mg and phosphorus were positively correlated with the cost (P < 0·05). CONCLUSIONS: The CHH diet-SC costs more than the conventional Sichuan diet, partly due to the high cost of specific food groups. Positive correlations between the intakes of vitamin B1, vitamin B6, vitamin C, Mg, phosphorus and the dietary cost could be a direction to adjust the composition within the food groups to reduce the cost of the CHH diet-SC.

Diálogo Nacional para Promoção da Alimentação Adequada e Saudável – 06 de dezembro de 2021

O evento integra a agenda de trabalho do Brasil para o Ano Internacional das Frutas, Legumes e Verduras (FLV) e tem como objetivo impulsionar as discussões sobre Promoção da Alimentação Adequada e Saudável, com base no Guia Alimentar da População Brasileira, por meio do fomento às iniciativas de incentivo à produção, à disponibilidade, ao acesso e ao consumo de frutas, legumes e verduras. As experiências inscritas no Laboratório de Inovação – Incentivo à produção, à disponibilidade, ao acesso e ao consumo de frutas, legumes e verduras foram apresentadas no evento.

Diálogo Nacional para Promoção da Alimentação Adequada e Saudável – 08 de dezembro de 2021

O evento integra a agenda de trabalho do Brasil para o Ano Internacional das Frutas, Legumes e Verduras (FLV) e tem como objetivo impulsionar as discussões sobre Promoção da Alimentação Adequada e Saudável, com base no Guia Alimentar da População Brasileira, por meio do fomento às iniciativas de incentivo à produção, à disponibilidade, ao acesso e ao consumo de frutas, legumes e verduras. As experiências inscritas no Laboratório de Inovação – Incentivo à produção, à disponibilidade, ao acesso e ao consumo de frutas, legumes e verduras foram apresentadas no evento.

A PNAN na perspectiva da Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional

Ciclo de debates da Política Nacional de Alimentação e Nutrição. A PNAN na perspectiva da Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional.

Minidocumentário sobre obesidade: obesidade - episódio 2

Ter uma alimentação saudável é fundamental para manter um peso saudável. Mas o que as escolhas, o ambiente, mercados, feiras e hábitos têm a ver com isso? Descubra no segundo episódio deste minidoc como a adoção de escolhas saudáveis, sempre pautadas pela comida de verdade, pode auxiliar o controle do peso.

Price Trends of Healthy and Less Healthy Foods and Beverages in Mexico from 2011-2018.

BACKGROUND: Cost is one of the main drivers of food selection; thus it is important to monitor food prices. Evidence from low- and middle-income countries such as Mexico is limited. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prices and price trends of healthy and less healthy food/beverage groups in Mexico from 2011 to 2018. DESIGN: This study used a time series of the prices of foods and beverages classified by 1) healthiness, 2) processing level, and 3) pairs of healthy/less healthy substitutes. SETTING: Food and beverage prices used to estimate the Consumer Price Index were obtained. Prices were collected weekly from 46 cities (>20,000 habitants) distributed across the country. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Price trend (% change/year) from 2011 to 2018 for all food/beverage groups and price/100 g in 2018 for pairs of healthy/less healthy substitutes were obtained. STATISTICAL ANALYSES: Linear regression models were used for each food/beverage group, with the logarithm of deflated price as the dependent variable and time (years) as the independent variable. RESULTS: On average, prices for less healthy foods and beverages increased more than prices of healthy foods and beverages (foods: 1.72% vs 0.70% change/year; beverages: 1.61% vs -0.19% change/year). The price change was similar for unprocessed/minimally processed foods and ultraprocessed foods (1.95% vs 1.85% change/year); however, within each processing category, the price of less healthy foods increased more. By pairs of substitutes (within food/beverage groups), the healthier option for bread, sodas, and poultry was more expensive (price/100 g) in 2018, whereas for red meat, cheese, mayonnaise, and milk, the healthier option was cheaper. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, the food prices of less healthy foods and beverages increased more than the food prices of healthy foods and beverages. However, by processing level there was no difference, and for pairs of healthy/less healthy substitutes results were mixed. Continued monitoring of food prices is warranted, and future research is needed to understand how these price changes affect dietary quality.

Linking a sugar-sweetened beverage tax with fruit and vegetable subsidies: A simulation analysis of the impact on the poor.

BACKGROUND: US individuals, particularly from low-income subpopulations, have very poor diet quality. Policies encouraging shifts from consuming unhealthy food towards healthy food consumption are needed. OBJECTIVES: We simulate the differential impacts of a national sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax and combinations of SSB taxes with fruit and vegetable (FV) subsidies targeted to low-income households on SSB and FV purchases of lower and higher SSB purchasers. METHODS: We considered a 1-cent-per-ounce SSB tax and 2 FV subsidy rates of 30% and 50% and used longitudinal grocery purchase data for 79,044 urban/semiurban US households from 2010-2014 Nielsen Homescan data. We used demand elasticities for lower and higher SSB purchasers, estimated via longitudinal quantile regression, to simulate policies' differential effects. RESULTS: Higher-SSB-purchasing households made larger reductions (per adult equivalent) in SSB purchases than lower SSB purchasers due to the tax (e.g., 4.4 oz/day at SSB purchase percentile 90 compared with 0.5 oz/day at percentile 25; P < 0.05). Our analyses by household income indicated low-income households would make larger reductions than higher-income households at all SSB purchase levels. Targeted FV subsidies induced similar, but nutritionally insignificant, increases in FV purchases of low-income households, regardless of their SSB purchase levels. Subsidies, however, were effective in mitigating the tax burdens. All low-income households experienced a net financial gain when the tax was combined with a 50% FV subsidy, but net gains were smaller among higher SSB purchasers. Further, low-income households with children gained smaller net financial benefits than households without children and incurred net financial losses under a 30% subsidy rate. CONCLUSIONS: SSB taxes can effectively reduce SSB consumption. FV subsidies would increase FV purchases, but nutritionally meaningful increases are limited due to low purchase levels before policy implementation. Expanding taxes beyond SSBs, providing larger FV subsidies, or offering subsidies beyond FVs, particularly for low-income households with children, may be more effective.

Affordability of Heathy, Equitable and More Sustainable Diets in Low-Income Households in Brisbane before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased food insecurity worldwide, yet there has been limited assessment of shifts in the cost and affordability of healthy, equitable and sustainable diets. This study explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and income supplements provided by the Australian government on diet cost and affordability for low-income households in an Australian urban area. The Healthy Diets ASAP method protocol was applied to assess the cost and cost differential of current and recommended diets before (in 2019) and during the COVID-19 pandemic (late 2020) for households with a minimum-wage and welfare-only disposable household income, by area of socioeconomic disadvantage, in Greater Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Data were collected between August and October, 2020, from 78 food outlets and compared with data collected in the same locations between May and October, 2019, in an earlier study. The price of most healthy food groups increased significantly during the pandemic-with the exception of vegetables and legumes, which decreased. Conversely, the price of discretionary foods and drinks did not increase during the pandemic. The cost of the current and recommended diets significantly increased throughout this period, but the latter continued to be less expensive than the former. Due to income supplements provided between May and September 2020, the affordability of the recommended diet improved greatly, by 27% and 42%, for households with minimum-wage and welfare-only disposable household income, respectively. This improvement in the affordability of the recommended diet highlights the need to permanently increase welfare support for low-income families to ensure food security.

Lançamento da agenda de trabalho do ano internacional das frutas, legumes e verduras no Brasil

A Organização das Nações Unidas para a Alimentação e a Agricultura (FAO), em parceria com a Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde/Organização Mundial de Saúde (OPAS/OMS), Ministério da Saúde, por meio da Coordenação-Geral de Alimentação e Nutrição do Departamento de Promoção da Saúde e do Instituto Nacional do Câncer (INCA), e Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA), promove o evento online de lançamento da agenda de trabalho do Ano Internacional das Frutas, Legumes e Verduras no Brasil. A live acontece na quinta-feira, 01/07, das 16h30 às 18h00 (horário de Brasília) e tem como objetivo proporcionar um amplo debate sobre o tema e mobilizar os gestores públicos e profissionais envolvidos com a temática, de forma a reconhecer os desafios e oportunidades locais para a ampliação do acesso e consumo de FLV considerando a estreita relação com melhores condições de saúde e nutrição da população.

Versão reduzida: obstáculo - custo e oferta

Material de apoio para estados e municípios sobre os princípios do Guia Alimentar para população brasileira.

Versão reduzida: cinco dicas imbatíveis para uma alimentação saudável

Material de apoio para estados e municípios sobre os princípios do Guia Alimentar para população brasileira.

Alimentação saudável é cara?

Já parou para pensar quanto custa uma alimentação adequada e saudável? Muita gente pode achar que é muito cara e associar à alimentos “especiais”, caros e pouco acessíveis. Mas para saber o que é uma alimentação adequada e saudável, quanto custa e como se planejar para adquirir alimentos saudáveis de forma mais acessível, convidamos o Rafael Claro, da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.

JCL Roundtable. Making prevention a priority.

Clinical lipidology belongs par excellence to the preventive mode of medical practice. This Roundtable brings two long-time advocates of cardiometabolic prevention and a newly minted preventive cardiologist into a discussion that expands their recent JCL editorial on this topic. Atherosclerosis is a single disease process that leads to approximately 25% of deaths in economically advanced nations and a growing fraction of mortality and morbidity in nations with developing and emerging economies. Our discussants suggest that at least 75% of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease can be prevented. Diet and lifestyle including physical activity are the cornerstones for this effort. Public and private choices about diet-lifestyle are influenced by economics, education (especially in childhood), inequities, technology, misinformation, and trust. Lipid clinics perform well with pharmacologic treatment of lipid disorders and increasingly give attention to hypertension, obesity, and diabetes as needed. Cardiometabolic prevention in the clinic works best through provider teams. Business considerations and exemplary programs are highlighted.

A Healthy Diet Is Not More Expensive than Less Healthy Options: Cost-Analysis of Different Dietary Patterns in Mexican Children and Adolescents.

Unhealthy diets are recognized as a major risk factor for many diseases. The decrease in costs of industrialized products, as well as the possible misinformation about a healthy diet, has led to new behaviors in the dietary patterns of the pediatric population. The costs of dietary patterns have not been estimated in our population, so the objective of this study was to determine the cost associated with dietary patterns in Mexican children and adolescents, hypothesizing that a healthy diet is not necessarily more economically expensive. This study analyzed data from a population-based cross-sectional study of healthy children and adolescents in Mexico City. Data were collected from a food frequency questionnaire and the meal cost of habitual food shopping. Eating patterns were obtained by using principal component analysis. A micro-costing technique was performed to obtain the direct costs of each pattern. When comparing the healthy pattern with the transition and non-healthy patterns, it was observed that there were no statistically significant differences between the dietary patterns (p = 0.8293). The cost of the healthy pattern only takes up 16.6% of the total biweekly income of a salaried Mexican. In this study, no differences were observed between the costs of a healthy and a less healthy diet.

Cost and Cost Effectiveness of a Pilot m-Health Intervention Targeting Parents of School-Aged Children to Improve the Nutritional Quality of Foods Packed in the Lunchbox.

The SWAP IT program aims to improve the nutritional quality of school lunchboxes via a multicomponent m-health intervention, involving: weekly support messages to parents; physical resources; school nutrition guidelines and lunchbox lessons. SWAP IT has been reported to be effective. This study aims to determine the cost and cost effectiveness of the SWAP IT m-health intervention. The retrospective trial-based economic evaluation was conducted in 12 Catholic primary schools in New South Wales, Australia. Schools were randomised to intervention or usual care. The costs (AUD, 2019) were evaluated from societal perspectives. The direct cost to uptake the intervention and the incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICER) were calculated. ICERS were calculated for two outcomes: reduction in total kJ and reduction in discretionary kJ from the lunchbox. The total cost was calculated to be AUD 55, 467. The mean incremental cost per student to receive the intervention was calculated to be AUD 31/student. The cost per reduction in total lunchbox energy was AUD 0.54. The ICER for the reduction in energy from discretionary foods in the lunchbox was AUD 0.24. These findings suggest that this m-health intervention has potential to be cost effective in reducing the kilojoules from discretionary foods packed in school lunchboxes.

The Potential for Healthy Checkout Policies to Advance Nutrition Equity.

BACKGROUND: As the only place in a store where all customers must pass through and wait, the checkout lane may be particularly influential over consumer purchases. Because most foods and beverages sold at checkout are unhealthy (e.g., candy, sweets, sugar-sweetened beverages, and salty snacks), policymakers and advocates have expressed growing interest in healthy checkout policies. To understand the extent to which such policies could improve nutrition equity, we assessed the prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of purchasing items found at (i.e., from) checkout. METHODS: We assessed self-reported checkout purchasing and sociodemographic characteristics in a national convenience sample of adults (n = 10,348) completing an online survey in 2021. RESULTS: Over one third (36%) of participants reported purchasing foods or drinks from checkout during their last grocery shopping trip. Purchasing items from checkout was more common among men; adults < 55 years of age; low-income consumers; Hispanic, non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native, and non-Hispanic Black consumers; those with a graduate or professional degree; parents; and consumers diagnosed with type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes (p-values < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Purchasing foods or beverages from store checkouts is common and more prevalent among low-income and Hispanic, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Black consumers. These results suggest that healthy checkout policies have the potential to improve nutrition equity.

Altering product placement to create a healthier layout in supermarkets: Outcomes on store sales, customer purchasing, and diet in a prospective matched controlled cluster study.

BACKGROUND: Previous product placement trials in supermarkets are limited in scope and outcome data collected. This study assessed the effects on store-level sales, household-level purchasing, and dietary behaviours of a healthier supermarket layout. METHODS AND FINDINGS: This is a prospective matched controlled cluster trial with 2 intervention components: (i) new fresh fruit and vegetable sections near store entrances (replacing smaller displays at the back) and frozen vegetables repositioned to the entrance aisle, plus (ii) the removal of confectionery from checkouts and aisle ends opposite. In this pilot study, the intervention was implemented for 6 months in 3 discount supermarkets in England. Three control stores were matched on store sales and customer profiles and neighbourhood deprivation. Women customers aged 18 to 45 years, with loyalty cards, were assigned to the intervention (n = 62) or control group (n = 88) of their primary store. The trial registration number is NCT03518151. Interrupted time series analysis showed that increases in store-level sales of fruits and vegetables were greater in intervention stores than predicted at 3 (1.71 standard deviations (SDs) (95% CI 0.45, 2.96), P = 0.01) and 6 months follow-up (2.42 SDs (0.22, 4.62), P = 0.03), equivalent to approximately 6,170 and approximately 9,820 extra portions per store, per week, respectively. The proportion of purchasing fruits and vegetables per week rose among intervention participants at 3 and 6 months compared to control participants (0.2% versus -3.0%, P = 0.22; 1.7% versus -3.5%, P = 0.05, respectively). Store sales of confectionery were lower in intervention stores than predicted at 3 (-1.05 SDs (-1.98, -0.12), P = 0.03) and 6 months (-1.37 SDs (-2.95, 0.22), P = 0.09), equivalent to approximately 1,359 and approximately 1,575 fewer portions per store, per week, respectively; no differences were observed for confectionery purchasing. Changes in dietary variables were predominantly in the expected direction for health benefit. Intervention implementation was not within control of the research team, and stores could not be randomised. It is a pilot study, and, therefore, not powered to detect an effect. CONCLUSIONS: Healthier supermarket layouts can improve the nutrition profile of store sales and likely improve household purchasing and dietary quality. Placing fruits and vegetables near store entrances should be considered alongside policies to limit prominent placement of unhealthy foods. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03518151 (pre-results).

Affordability of Different Isocaloric Healthy Diets in Germany-An Assessment of Food Prices for Seven Distinct Food Patterns.

Affordability of different isocaloric healthy diets in Germany-an assessment of food prices for seven distinct food patterns Background: For decades, low-fat diets were recommended as the ideal food pattern to prevent obesity, type 2 diabetes and their long-term complications. Nowadays, several alternatives considering sources and quantity of protein, fat and carbohydrates have arisen and clinical evidence supports all of them for at least some metabolic outcomes. Given this variety in diets and the lack of a single ideal diet, one must evaluate if patients at risk, many of which having a lower income, can actually afford these diets. AIM: We modelled four-week food plans for a typical family of two adults and two school children based on seven different dietary patterns: highly processed standard omnivore diet (HPSD), freshly cooked standard omnivore diet (FCSD), both with German average dietary composition, low-protein vegan diet (VeganD), low-fat vegetarian diet (VegetD), low-fat omnivore diet (LFD), Mediterranean diet (MedD) and high-fat moderate-carb diet (MCD). The isocaloric diets were designed with typical menu variation for all meal times. We then assessed the lowest possible prices for all necessary grocery items in 12 different supermarket chains, avoiding organic foods, special offers, advertised exotic super foods and luxury articles. Prices for dietary patterns were compared in total, stratified by meal time and by food groups. RESULTS: Among all seven dietary patterns, price dispersion by supermarket chains was 12-16%. Lowest average costs were calculated for the VegetD and the FCSD, followed by HPSD, LFD, VeganD, MedD and-on top-MCD. VeganD, MedD and MCD were about 16%, 23% and 67% more expensive compared to the FCSD. Major food groups determining prices for all diets are vegetables, salads and animal-derived products. Calculations for social welfare severely underestimate expenses for any kind of diet. CONCLUSIONS: Food prices are a relevant factor for healthy food choices. Food purchasing is financially challenging for persons with very low income in Germany. Fresh-cooked plant-based diets are less pricy than the unhealthy HPSD. Diets with reduced carbohydrate content are considerably more expensive, limiting their use for people with low income. Minimum wage and financial support for long-term unemployed people in Germany are insufficient to assure a healthy lifestyle.

Balancing a sustained pursuit of nutrition, health, affordability and climate goals: exploring the case of Indonesia.

BACKGROUND: To guide the transformation of food systems to provide for healthy and sustainable diets, countries need to assess their current diet and food supply in comparison to nutrition, health, affordability, and environmental goals. OBJECTIVES: We sought to compare Indonesia's food utilization to diets optimized for nutritional value and cost and to diets that are increasingly plant-based in order to meet further health and environmental goals, including the EAT-Lancet planetary health diet, to explore whether multiple goals could be achieved simultaneously. METHODS: We compared 13 dietary scenarios (2 current, 7 optimized, 3 increasingly plant-based, 1 EAT-Lancet) for nutrient content, cost, greenhouse gas emissions (GHGe), and water footprints, using the FAO food balance sheet, Indonesia Household Income and Expenditure Survey household food expenditure, food composition, life cycle assessment, food losses, and trade data. RESULTS: The diversity of modeled scenarios was higher than that of current consumption, reflecting nutritional deficiencies underlying Indonesia's burden of different forms of malnutrition. Nutrient intake targets were met best by nutrient- and cost-optimized diets, followed by the EAT-Lancet diet. Those diets also had high GHGe, although less than 40% of a scenario in which Indonesia would adopt a typical high-income country's diet. Only the low food chain diet had a GHGe below the 2050 target set by the EAT-Lancet commission. Its nutrient content was comparable to that of a no-dairy diet, slightly above those of fish-and-poultry and current diets, and somewhat below those of the EAT-Lancet diets. To meet nutrient needs, some animal-source foods had to be included. Costs of all except the optimized diets were above the current national average food expenditure. No scenario met all goals simultaneously. CONCLUSIONS: Indonesia's consumption of rice and unhealthy foods should decrease; food production, trade, and processing should prioritize diversification, (bio)fortification, and limiting environmental impacts; and consumer and institutional demands for healthy, nutritious, and sustainable foods should be stimulated. More granular data and tools are required to develop and assess more detailed scenarios to achieve multiple goals simultaneously.

Determinantes do consumo de frutas, verduras, legumes, arroz e feijão em países de baixa e média renda / Determinants of consumption of fruits, vegetables, rice and beans in low- and middle-income countries

Esta revisão rápida foi comissionada e subsidiada pelo Ministério da Saúde, no âmbito do projeto GEREB-010-FIO-20 e faz parte da Coleção "Rapid response for health promotion". Contexto: A alimentação adequada e saudável é um direito humano básico e para o seu cumprimento requer programas e políticas públicas que incidam sobre a produção, a disponibilidade, a distribuição e o acesso aos alimentos, visando à redução de iniquidades no consumo alimentar. O guia alimentar para a população brasileira orienta a preferência por alimentos in natura e minimamente processados, dentre eles as frutas, verduras, legumes, arroz e feijão. Assim, a identificação dos determinantes para o consumo de frutas, verduras, legumes, arroz e feijão pode contribuir para o fortalecimento das políticas públicas. Pergunta: Quais fatores determinam o consumo de frutas, verduras, legumes, arroz e feijão em países de baixa e média renda? Métodos: A primeira busca nas bases de dados foi realizada para identificar revisões sistemáticas (RS), tendo recuperado 930 registros e incluído 5 RS, após processo de seleção e elegibilidade. Na avaliação da qualidade metodológica com a ferramenta AMSTAR 2, todas as RS foram consideradas de confiança criticamente baixa. Como as RS abordaram apenas o consumo de frutas e hortaliças, realizou-se uma busca adicional para identificar estudos primários sobre determinantes do consumo de arroz e feijão. De 1.442 registros identificados, nenhum atendeu aos critérios desta revisão. Resultados: Cinco revisões sistemáticas apresentaram determinantes para o consumo de frutas e hortaliças. Atributos sensoriais e físicos dos alimentos, acessibilidade e preço dos alimentos, fatores sociodemográficos como renda, educação e local de moradia, influência de pais, pares e mídias sociais, conhecimento, expectativa e conveniência foram os determinantes descritos pelas revisões que impactam no consumo de frutas e hortaliças. Não foram encontrados resultados sobre fatores que influenciam no consumo de arroz e feijão. Considerações finais: Embora as RS tenham apresentado diversas categorias de determinantes sobre o consumo de frutas e hortaliças, elas se referem a poucos estudos primários, com baixa representatividade de estudos brasileiros. Uma importante lacuna são estudos sobre o padrão alimentar no Brasil que abordem o consumo de arroz e feijão. Além disso, é importante considerar a baixa qualidade metodológica das RS.

This rapid review was commissioned and subsidized by the Ministry of Health, within the scope of the GEREB-010-FIO-20 project and is part of the "Rapid response for health promotion" Collection. Context: Adequate and healthy food is a basic human right and its fulfillment requires public programs and policies that affect the production, availability, distribution and access to food, with a view to reducing inequities in food consumption. The food guide for the Brazilian population guides the preference for fresh and minimally processed foods, including fruits, vegetables, rice and beans. Thus, the identification of the determinants for the consumption of fruits, vegetables, rice and beans can contribute to the strengthening of public policies. Question: What factors determine the consumption of fruits, vegetables, rice and beans in low- and middle-income countries? Methods: The first search in the databases was performed to identify systematic reviews (SR), having retrieved 930 records and included 5 RS, after the selection and eligibility process. In the assessment of methodological quality with the AMSTAR 2 tool, all SRs were considered critically low confidence. As the SRs only addressed the consumption of fruits and vegetables, an additional search was carried out to identify primary studies on determinants of rice and beans consumption. Of 1,442 records identified, none met the criteria for this review. Results: Five systematic reviews presented determinants for the consumption of fruits and vegetables. Sensory and physical attributes of food, accessibility and price of food, sociodemographic factors such as income, education and place of residence, influence of parents, peers and social media, knowledge, expectation and convenience were the determinants described by the reviews that impact fruit consumption and vegetables. No results were found on factors that influence the consumption of rice and beans. Final considerations: Although the SRs have presented several categories of determinants on the consumption of fruits and vegetables, they refer to few primary studies, with low representation of Brazilian studies. An important gap is studies on the dietary pattern in Brazil that address the consumption of rice and beans. In addition, it is important to consider the low methodological quality of the SRs.