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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

Département de Nutrition, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal

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