Ultra-processed foods and added sugars in the US diet: Evidence from a nationally representative cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Steele, Eurídice Martínez ^a   Baraldi, Larissa Galastri ^a   Da Costa Louzada, Maria Laura ^a   Moubarac, Jean Claude ^a   Mozaffarian, Dariush ^b   Monteiro, Carlos Augusto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; OIL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUGAR INTAKE;

AGED; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAD; CALORIC INTAKE; CEREAL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNICITY; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILK; NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RACE; SOFT DRINK; SUGAR INTAKE; ULTRA PROCESSED FOOD; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUCROSE; ENERGY INTAKE; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961828082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009892     Document Type: Article

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