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Characterizing Ultra-Processed Foods by Energy Density, Nutrient Density, and Cost

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2019
Background: The NOVA food classification scheme divides foods into ultra-processed, processed, unprocessed, and culinary ingredients. Ultra-processed foods contribute >60% of energy to diets in the US.Objective: To characterize ultra-processed foods ...
Shilpi Gupta, Terry Hawk, Anju Aggarwal, Adam Drewnowski   +3 more
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Review: The Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods and Non-communicable Diseases in Latin America

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021
The objective of this article is to assess current trends in Latin America with respect to the consumption of ultra-processed foods and non-communicable diseases. This review addresses the rapid growth of the ultra-processed foods market in Latin America
Rodrigo A. Matos, Michelle Adams, Joan Sabaté   +2 more
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Ultra processed foods and cancer

The Lancet Regional Health. Europe
Francesco Visioli, Daniele Del Rio, Vincenzo Fogliano, Franca Marangoni, Andrea Poli   +4 more
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The impact of ultra-processed foods on pediatric health. [PDF]

Obes Pillars
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have become increasingly incorporated into pediatric diets, accounting for approximately 67 % of the total energy consumption in United States (US) children. Manufactured through industrial processing and enriched with excess sugars, unhealthy fats, and sodium, while lacking essential nutrients, UPFs present a substantial ...
Chamarthi VS, Shirsat P, Sonavane K, Parsi S, Ravi U, Ponnam HC, Bindlish S, Nadler EP, Kashyap R, Ro S.   +9 more
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Ultra-processed foods: Implications for gastrointestinal health. [PDF]

World J Gastroenterol
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are believed to contribute to the development of multiple chronic inflammatory diseases, including inflammatory bowel diseases and metabolic syndrome, based on epidemiological studies and emerging preclinical and clinical research. Several aspects of food processing and formulation in the development of chronic inflammatory
Singh AK, Gandotra A, Kumar S, Singh A, Kochhar R, Manrai M.   +5 more
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Ultra processed foods and cancer-authors' reply

The Lancet Regional Health. Europe
Heinz Freisling, Reynalda Córdova, Dagfinn Aune, Karl-Heinz Wagner   +3 more
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Ultra‐processed foods: Processing versus formulation

Obesity Science & Practice, 2023
The four‐tiered NOVA food classification defines foods based on their degree of processing and ranges from native unprocessed foods to so‐called “ultra‐processed” foods.
Allen S. Levine, Job Ubbink
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Socio-economic difference in purchases of ultra-processed foods in Australia: an analysis of a nationally representative household grocery purchasing panel

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2022
Background Consumption of ultra-processed foods is associated with increased risk of obesity and non-communicable diseases. Little is known about current patterns of ultra-processed foods intake in Australia.
Daisy H. Coyle, Liping Huang, Maria Shahid, Allison Gaines, Gian Luca Di Tanna, Jimmy Chun Yu Louie, Xiongfei Pan, Matti Marklund, Bruce Neal, Jason H. Y. Wu   +9 more
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A Semi-quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire Has Relative Validity to Identify Groups of NOVA Food Classification System Among Mexican Adults

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
BackgroundUltra-processed foods are recognized as indicators of an unhealthy diet in epidemiological studies. In addition to ultra-processed foods, the NOVA food classification system identifies three other groups with less processing.
Cecilia Isabel Oviedo-Solís, Eric A. Monterrubio-Flores, Sonia Rodríguez-Ramírez, Gustavo Cediel, Edgar Denova-Gutiérrez, Simón Barquera   +5 more
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The proportion of differently processed foods in the diet of Croatian school-aged children and its impact on daily energy and nutrient intake

Croatian Journal of Food Science and Technology, 2022
In countries around the world, a dietary shift is observed in which the consumption of highly processed foods increases over unprocessed or minimally processed foods.
Ana Ilić, Ivana Rumbak, Lucija Marić, Tea Karlović, Ružica Brečić, Irena Colić Barić, Martina Bituh   +6 more
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