Are front-of-package warning labels more effective at communicating nutrition information than traffic-light labels? A randomized controlled experiment in a Brazilian …

N Khandpur, PM Sato, LA Mais, APB Martins… - Nutrients, 2018 - mdpi.com
Background: Brazil is currently debating the implementation of front-of-package labels. This
study tested if Warning labels (WLs) improved consumer understanding, perceptions, and …

The role of healthy diets in environmentally sustainable food systems

M Clark, J Macdiarmid, AD Jones… - Food and nutrition …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The global food system is directly linked to international health and
sustainability targets, such as the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals, Paris …

Exploring the consumption of ultra-processed foods and its association with food addiction in overweight children

AR Filgueiras, VBP de Almeida, PCK Nogueira… - Appetite, 2019 - Elsevier
The present study explored the consumption of ultra-processed foods and its association
with food addiction in overweight children. The prevalence of food addiction was …

Reducing the global burden of type 2 diabetes by improving the quality of staple foods: The Global Nutrition and Epidemiologic Transition Initiative

J Mattei, V Malik, NM Wedick, FB Hu… - Globalization and …, 2015 - Springer
Background The prevalence of type 2 diabetes has been reaching epidemic proportions
across the globe, affecting low/middle-income and developed countries. Two main …

Selenium‐enriched breads and their benefits in human nutrition and health as affected by agronomic, milling, and baking factors

MA Lazo‐Vélez, A Chávez‐Santoscoy… - Cereal …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Bread is among the three top foods that provide most of the dietary selenium (Se) for most of
the world population. Selenomethionine present in flour and bread is the major organic …

[HTML][HTML] Total and full-fat, but not low-fat, dairy product intakes are inversely associated with metabolic syndrome in adults

M Drehmer, MA Pereira, MI Schmidt, S Alvim… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background: Growing evidence suggests that dairy products may have beneficial
cardiometabolic effects. The current guidelines, however, limit the intake of full-fat dairy …

The impact of dietary and metabolic risk factors on cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes mortality in Brazil

MC de Oliveira Otto, A Afshin, R Micha, S Khatibzadeh… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Trends in food availability and metabolic risk factors in Brazil suggest a shift
toward unhealthy dietary patterns and increased cardiometabolic disease risk, yet little is …

The environmental impact of Brazilian adults' diet

GF Travassos, DA da Cunha, AB Coelho - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Over the last years, dietary environmental impact and sustainable diets have been
responsible for worldwide concern, especially in developed countries. Brazil is among the …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the use of in-store measures in retail food stores and restaurants in Brazil

AC Duran, K Lock, MR Latorre, PC Jaime - Revista de saude publica, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To assess inter-rater reliability, test-retest reliability, and construct
validity of retail food store, open-air food market, and restaurant observation tools adapted to …

Misreport of energy intake assessed with food records and 24-h recalls compared with total energy expenditure estimated with DLW

TS Lopes, RR Luiz, DJ Hoffman, E Ferriolli… - European journal of …, 2016 - nature.com
Results: The mean EE (2540 kcal) was greater than the mean reported EI for both dietary
assessment methods (FR: 1774 kcal; 24hR: 1658 kcal, P< 0.01). The frequency of under …