Association Between Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: Results From the French NutriNet-Santé Cohort

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 1217-1228

  Schnabel, Laure ^a,b   Buscail, Camille ^a,b   Sabate, Jean Marc ^b,c   Bouchoucha, Michel ^b   Kesse Guyot, Emmanuelle ^a   Allès, Benjamin ^a   Touvier, Mathilde ^a   Monteiro, Carlos A ^d   Hercberg, Serge ^a,b   Benamouzig, Robert ^b   Julia, Chantal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FRENCHMAN; FUNCTIONAL CONSTIPATION; FUNCTIONAL DIARRHEA; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; IRRITABLE COLON; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRA PROCESSED FOOD; ADOLESCENT; AGED; DIET; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; FAST FOODS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85048548756     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41395-018-0137-1     Document Type: Article

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