Ultraprocessed foods include ready-to-eat meals, snacks, and sugary drinks that contain a long list of ingredients and additives designed to make the food sellable or palatable. Now these foods have been associated with more than 30 health conditions, a review of 45 meta-analyses invo...
processed foods in the diet is related to increased probability of being overweight also in vegetarians (Dos Santos et al.2024). In the latest issue of the journal, a study conducted on the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey revealed that greater consumption of ultra-processed ...
Among the crises engulfing the world is the symbiotic rise of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and plastics. Together, this co-dependent duo generates substantial profits for agri-food and petrochemical industries at high costs for people and planet. Cheap, lightweight and highly functional, plastics ...
Is it time to take a closer look at ultraprocessed foods?doi:10.1016/j.ajcnut.2025.02.007Katherine L TuckerDepartment of Biomedical & Nutritional Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, United StatesElsevier Inc.The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition...
This cross-sectional study investigates the association between ultraprocessed food consumption and cardiometabolic risk factors in preschool-aged
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition www.nature.com/ejcn ARTICLE OPEN Industry Research Ultra-processed foods: how functional is the NOVA system? Véronique Braesco 1, Isabelle Souchon 2, Patrick Sauvant3,4, Typhaine Haurogné5, Matthieu Maillot 5, Catherine Féart 6 ✉ and Nicole Darmon7 ...
Ultra-processed foods Unhealthy diets are responsible for one in five deaths globally [1, 2]. Ultra processed foods (UPFs) are a major contributor to this multifaceted problem [3,4,5]. Defined by the Nova system as formulations of food-derived substances and additives industrially processed and...
Processed and unprocessed or minimally processed foods Overall, unprocessed or minimally processed foods contributed 47.6% (95% CI 45.3 to 49.9) to energy intake (see Additional file 1: Table1). In terms of the four nutrients, unprocessed or minimally processed foods contributed 39.1% (95% CI ...
UNILEVER'S POSITION ON ULTRA-PROCESSED FOODS* Key messages • We believe that processed foods play an essential role in sustainable and healthy diets as they increase accessibility, provide affordability, taste, enjoyment and enhance food safety. • Healthiness of foods, whether fresh, prepared ...
Association Between Baseline Quartiles of the Percentage of Daily Energy From Ultraprocessed Foods and Yearly Cognitive Change During the Study Period Stratified by Age Group eTable 4. Association Between Baseline Quartiles of the Percentage of Daily Energy From Ultraprocessed Foods and Yearly Cognitive...