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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: 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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Advancing the Role of Food Processing for Improved Integration in Sustainable Food Chains [PDF]

, 2020
Food scientists need to work together with agriculturists, nutritionists, civil society, and governments to develop an integrative approach to feed a growing population sustainably.
Augustin, Mary Ann, Knorr, Dietrich, Tiwari, Brijesh   +2 more
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Changes in Obesity Prevalence Attributable to Ultra-Processed Food Consumption in Brazil Between 2002 and 2009

International Journal of Public Health, 2022
Objectives: To quantify the impact of temporal changes in the consumption of ultra-processed foods on obesity trends in Brazil between 2002 and 2009.Methods: We analyzed data from two Household Budget Surveys carried out in 2002/2003 (n = 182,333) and ...
Maria Laura Louzada, Maria Laura Louzada, Eurídice Martinez Steele, Leandro F. M. Rezende, Renata Bertazzi Levy, Carlos Augusto Monteiro, Carlos Augusto Monteiro   +6 more
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Determining key research areas for healthier diets and sustainable food systems in Viet Nam [PDF]

, 2020
Vietnamese food systems are undergoing rapid transformation, with important implications for human and environmental health and economic development. Poverty has decreased, and diet quality and undernutrition have improved significantly since the end of ...
Do, H., Kennedy, G., Nguyen, P.H., Nguyen, T., Raneri, Jessica E., Wertheim-Heck, S.   +5 more
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Evaluation of food purchasing in the Brazilian School Feeding Programme: feasibility of the requirements and recommendations

Public Health Nutrition, 2023
Objective: To analyse the purchase of food for school feeding, according to the extent and purpose of industrial processing and variety, exploring the feasibility of achieving the requirements and recommendations of the Brazilian School Feeding Programme,
Ana Beatriz Coelho de Azevedo, Daniel Henrique Bandoni, Ana Laura Benevenuto de Amorim, Daniela Silva Canella   +3 more
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