Household availability of ultra-processed foods and obesity in nineteen European countries

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 18-26

  Monteiro, Carlos Augusto ^a   Moubarac, Jean Claude ^a,b   Levy, Renata Bertazzi ^a   Canella, Daniela Silva ^a,c   Da Costa Louzada, Maria Laura ^a   Cannon, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DAFNE; European countries; Household budget surveys; Obesity; Ultra processed foods

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FAMILY SIZE; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85024389521     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980017001379     Document Type: Article

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