Global trends in ultraprocessed food and drink product sales and their association with adult body mass index trajectories

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue S2, 2019, Pages 10-19

  Vandevijvere, Stefanie ^a,b   Jaacks, Lindsay M ^c   Monteiro, Carlos A ^d   Moubarac, Jean Claude ^e   Girling Butcher, Martin ^a   Lee, Arier C ^a   Pan, An ^f   Bentham, James ^g   Swinburn, Boyd ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Belgium)   (New Zealand)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

body mass index; nutrition transition; obesity; ultraprocessed foods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; BAKERY PRODUCT; BEVERAGE; BODY MASS; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; ENERGY DRINK; FEMALE; GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN; GLOBAL HEALTH; GROSS NATIONAL INCOME; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HIGHEST INCOME GROUP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKETING; MEXICO; MIDDLE EAST; NETHERLANDS; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; ULTRA-PROCESSED FOOD; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; WESTERN EUROPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY;

BEVERAGES; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 85066025163     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12860     Document Type: Article

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