Highly processed foods can be considered addictive substances based on established scientific criteria

AN Gearhardt, AG DiFeliceantonio - Addiction, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background There is growing evidence that an addictive‐eating phenotype may exist. There
is significant debate regarding whether highly processed foods (HPFs; foods with refined …

From dearth to excess: the rise of obesity in an ultra-processed food system

KD Hall - … Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
More people now have obesity than suffer from starvation thanks to our modern food system.
Agriculture was transformed over the 20th century by a variety of technological …

[HTML][HTML] Social, clinical, and policy implications of ultra-processed food addiction

AN Gearhardt, NB Bueno, AG DiFeliceantonio… - bmj, 2023 - bmj.com
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[HTML][HTML] Ultra-processed food, reward system and childhood obesity

V Calcaterra, H Cena, V Rossi, S Santero, A Bianchi… - Children, 2023 - mdpi.com
Obesity and overweight are a major public health problem globally. Diet quality is critical for
proper child development, and an unhealthy diet is a preventable risk factor for …

Designing healthier and more sustainable ultraprocessed foods

DJ McClements - … Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The food industry has been extremely successful in creating a broad range of delicious,
affordable, convenient, and safe food and beverage products. However, many of these …

[HTML][HTML] Ultra-processed Food and Obesity: What Is the Evidence?

SJ Dicken, RL Batterham - Current Nutrition Reports, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Obesity is a growing global healthcare concern. A proposed
driver is the recent increase in ultra-processed food (UPF) intake. However, disagreement …

Beyond ultra-processed: considering the future role of food processing in human health

CG Forde - Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 2023 - cambridge.org
Food-based dietary guidelines have been the basis of public health recommendations for
over half a century, but more recently, there has been a trend to classify the health properties …

Determinants of obesity in Latin America

SRG Ferreira, Y Macotela, LA Velloso, MA Mori - Nature metabolism, 2024 - nature.com
Obesity rates are increasing almost everywhere in the world, although the pace and timing
for this increase differ when populations from developed and developing countries are …

[HTML][HTML] Individual and socioeconomic contextual factors associated with obesity in Brazilian adolescents: VigiNUTRI Brasil

RL Alves, N Toral, VSS Gonçalves - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study investigated the association of socioeconomic contextual factors of the
municipality of residence of adolescents, their eating behavior and food consumption with …

Consumption of ultra-processed foods and mental health of pregnant women from the South of Brazil

FO Meller, C dos Santos Costa, MR Quadra… - British Journal of …, 2024 - cambridge.org
The objective of this study is to evaluate the association between the consumption of ultra-
processed foods (UPF) and the mental health of pregnant women from the South of Brazil …