Nutritional quality of food as represented by the FSAm-NPS nutrient profiling system underlying the Nutri-Score label and cancer risk in Europe: Results from the EPIC prospective cohort study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2018, Pages

  Deschasaux, Mélanie ^a   Huybrechts, Inge ^b   Murphy, Neil ^b   Julia, Chantal ^a,c   Hercberg, Serge ^a,c   Srour, Bernard ^a   Kesse Guyot, Emmanuelle ^a   Latino Martel, Paule ^a   Biessy, Carine ^b   Casagrande, Corinne ^b   Jenab, Mazda ^b   Ward, Heather ^d   Weiderpass, Elisabete ^e,f,g,h   Dahm, Christina C ⁱ   Overvad, Kim ⁱ   Kyrø, Cecilie ^j   Olsen, Anja ^j   Affret, Aurélie ^k,l   Boutron Ruault, Marie Christine ^k,l   Mahamat Saleh, Yahya ^k,l   Kaaks, Rudolf ^m   Kühn, Tilman ^m   Boeing, Heiner ⁿ   Schwingshackl, Lukas ⁿ   Bamia, Christina ^o,p   Peppa, Eleni ^o   Trichopoulou, Antonia ^o,p   Masala, Giovanna ^q   Krogh, Vittorio ^r   Panico, Salvatore ^s   Tumino, Rosario ^t   Sacerdote, Carlotta ^u   Bueno de Mesquita, Bas ^d,v,w,x   Peeters, Petra H ^w   Hjartåker, Anette ^y   Rylander, Charlotta ^e   Skeie, Guri ^e   Ramon Quiros J ^z   Jakszyn, Paula ^aa,ab   Salamanca Fernández, Elena ^ac,ad   Huerta, José María ^ad,ae   Ardanaz, Eva ^ad,af,ag   Amiano, Pilar ^ad,ah   Ericson, Ulrika ^ai   Sonestedt, Emily ^aj   Huseinovic, Ena ^ak   Johansson, Ingegerd ^al   Khaw, Kay Tee ^am   Wareham, Nick ^an   Bradbury, Kathryn E ^ao   Perez Cornago, Aurora ^ao   Tsilidis, Konstantinos K ^d,ap   Ferrari, Pietro ^b   Riboli, Elio ^d   Gunter, Marc J ^b   Touvier, Mathilde ^a   more..

^a Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^f CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

ⁱ AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^j DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^k CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^l INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^m GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

ⁿ GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^o HELLENIC HEALTH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^q CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^r NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^s UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^t Civic MP Arezzo Hospital   (Italy)

^u CITTÀ DELLA SALUTE E DELLA SCIENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^v NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^w UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^x UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^y UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^z Public Health Dir   (Spain)

^aa CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^ab UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^ad CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^ae DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Spain)

^af INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE NAVARRA   (Spain)

^ag Recinto de Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra   (Spain)

^ah Basque Government   (Spain)

^ai LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^aj LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^al UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^am UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^an UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^ap UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CLIMACTERIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LIFESTYLE; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; POULTRY; PROCESSED MEAT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RED MEAT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; STOMACH CANCER; TUMOR INVASION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VEGETABLE; EUROPE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PREFERENCE; NEOPLASM; NUTRITION POLICY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85054628911     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002651     Document Type: Article

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