Ultra-processed foods and human health: from epidemiological evidence to mechanistic insights

B Srour, MC Kordahi, E Bonazzi… - The lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Epidemiological studies have suggested a role for ultra-processed foods in numerous
chronic inflammatory diseases such as inflammatory bowel diseases and metabolic …

[HTML][HTML] Ultra-processed foods and cardiovascular diseases: potential mechanisms of action

F Juul, G Vaidean, N Parekh - Advances in Nutrition, 2021 - Elsevier
Ultra-processed foods are industrially manufactured ready-to-eat or ready-to-heat
formulations containing food additives and little or no whole foods, in contrast to processed …

Trends in consumption of ultraprocessed foods among US youths aged 2-19 years, 1999-2018

L Wang, EM Steele, M Du, JL Pomeranz, LE O'Connor… - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The childhood obesity rate has been steadily rising among US youths during the
past 2 decades. Increasing evidence links consumption of ultraprocessed foods to excessive …

[HTML][HTML] Ultra-processed food consumption among US adults from 2001 to 2018

F Juul, N Parekh, E Martinez-Steele… - The American journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Accumulating evidence links ultra-processed foods to poor diet quality and
chronic diseases. Understanding dietary trends is essential to inform priorities and policies …

The role of diet quality in mediating the association between ultra-processed food intake, obesity and health-related outcomes: a review of prospective cohort studies

SJ Dicken, RL Batterham - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Prospective cohort studies show that higher intakes of ultra-processed food (UPF) increase
the risk of obesity and obesity-related outcomes, including cardiovascular disease, cancer …

Joint association of food nutritional profile by Nutri-Score front-of-pack label and ultra-processed food intake with mortality: Moli-sani prospective cohort study

M Bonaccio, A Di Castelnuovo, E Ruggiero… - Bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
Objective To jointly analyse two food dimensions, the Food Standards Agency Nutrient
Profiling System (FSAm-NPS), used to derive the Nutri-Score front-of-pack label, and the …

[HTML][HTML] Ultra-processed foods and human health: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

M Vitale, G Costabile, R Testa, G D'Abbronzo… - Advances in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Evidence of associations between ultra-processed foods (UPF) and increased risk of
cardiovascular disease is emerging, but it is unclear how much this is influenced by the …

[HTML][HTML] There is urgent need to treat atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk earlier, more intensively, and with greater precision: A review of current practice and …

ME Makover, MD Shapiro, PP Toth - American Journal of Preventive …, 2022 - Elsevier
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is epidemic throughout the world and is
etiologic for such acute cardiovascular events as myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke …

Nutrition research challenges for processed food and health

MJ Gibney, CG Forde - Nature Food, 2022 - nature.com
Existing highly processed food (HPF) classification systems show large differences in the
impact of these foods on biochemical risk factors for disease. If public health nutrition is to …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary guidelines meet NOVA: developing a menu for a healthy dietary pattern using ultra-processed foods

JM Hess, ME Comeau, S Casperson, JL Slavin… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background A proposed topic for the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) Scientific
Advisory Committee to address is the relationship between dietary patterns with ultra …