Data
Year of publication
2017
Type
Qualitative
Design
Narrative
Classification
NOVA
Country studied
Global
Data
Secondary
Data Collected
Literature
Study setting
N/A
Age group of participant
Children, adults
Participant sex
N/A
Target population
N/A
Sample size
n= 10 (papers)
Ultra-processed Food Intake and Obesity: What Really Matters for Health—Processing or Nutrient Content?
Goal
Summarize and critique the evidence evaluating the association between ultra-processed food intake and obesity.
Results
Recent research provides fairly consistent support for the association of ultra-processed food intake with obesity and related cardiometabolic outcomes. There is a clear need for further studies, particularly those using Longitudinaldesigns and with sufficient control for confounding, to potentially confirm these findings in different populations and to determine whether ultra-processed food consumption is associated with obesity independent of nutrient content.
Authors
Poti JM, Braga B, Qin B.
Journal
Curr Obes Rep
DOI