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 …

Quantity and quality of evidence are sufficient: prevalent features of ultraprocessed diets are deleterious for health

K Mendoza, DK Tobias - Advances in Nutrition, 2024 - advances.nutrition.org
The United States is a leading consumer of ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) globally, with a
staggering 55% of adults' energy intake coming from these products [1]. In addition to …

Adherence to the ultra-processed dietary pattern and risk of depressive outcomes: Findings from the NutriNet Brasil cohort study and an updated systematic review …

AO Werneck, EM Steele, FM Delpino, MM Lane… - Clinical Nutrition, 2024 - Elsevier
Background & aims We aimed to analyze the prospective association between adherence to
the ultra-processed dietary pattern and risk of depressive outcomes using original data from …

Description and performance evaluation of two diet quality scores based on the Nova classification system

CS Costa, FS dos Santos, KT Gabe, EM Steele… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
Background and objectives The consumption of unprocessed or minimally processed whole
plant foods and of ultra-processed foods, as defined by the Nova food classification system …

Ultra-Processed Foods: A Narrative Review of the Impact on the Human Gut Microbiome and Variations in Classification Methods

AL Brichacek, M Florkowski, E Abiona, KM Frank - Nutrients, 2024 - mdpi.com
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are foods that are industrially processed and are often pre-
packaged, convenient, energy-dense, and nutrient-poor. UPFs are widespread in the current …

Plasma and breast milk adipokines in women across the first year postpartum and their association with maternal depressive symptoms and infant neurodevelopment …

F Rebelo, CO de Moura, LG Ranquine, TM Teixeira… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Adiponectin and leptin play important roles in the central nervous system.
During the postpartum period, there is a need for a better understanding of the relationship …

Use of Digital Tools for the Assessment of Food Consumption in Brazil: A Scoping Review

AS Silva, FSB Brito, DM Santos, ARA Adegboye - Nutrients, 2024 - mdpi.com
This is a scoping review on mapping the use of digital tools to assess food consumption in
Brazil. Searches were carried out in nine electronic databases (Medline, Lilacs, Scopus …

[HTML][HTML] The Development of a Food Frequency Questionnaire for the Assessment of Ultra-Processed Food Consumption in the Italian Adult Population: Protocol for a …

E Cardamone, F Iacoponi, F Fiori, M Marinoni, U Agrimi… - Nutrients, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: Over the last decade, while studies on the detrimental effects of ultra-
processed food (UPF) consumption have increased, methodological limitations on the …

Ultra‐processing should be understood as a holistic issue, from food matrix, to dietary patterns, food scoring, and food systems

A Fardet - Journal of Food Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The ultra‐processed food (UPF) concept first emerged 15 years ago, and is now studied
worldwide in different contexts, for example, human health, food behavior, socio‐economic …

Is the adherence to the food practices recommended by the dietary guidelines for the Brazilian population associated with diet quality?

KT Gabe, C dos Santos Costa, FS Dos Santos… - Appetite, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Purpose The Brazilian Food Guide (BFG)'s messages are mostly qualitative and
focused on food practices, such as meal planning, cooking, and eating modes. This study …