Ultra-processed food consumption and excess weight among US adults

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 90-100

  Juul, Filippa ^a   Martinez Steele, Euridice ^b   Parekh, Niyati ^a,c   Monteiro, Carlos A ^b   Chang, Virginia W ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Food processing; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; Obesity; Overweight; Ultra processed foods; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; ULTRA PROCESSED FOOD; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; OBESITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FAST FOODS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85046479927     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114518001046     Document Type: Article

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