Association between consumption of ultra-processed foods and all cause mortality: SUN prospective cohort study

The BMJ

Volumn 365, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Rico Campà, Anaïs ^a,b   Martínez González, Miguel A ^a,b,c,d   Alvarez Alvarez, Ismael ^a   De Deus Mendonça, Raquel ^a,e   De La Fuente Arrillaga, Carmen ^a,b,c   Gómez Donoso, Clara ^a   Bes Rastrollo, Maira ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^c IdiSNA Navarra Institute for Health Research   (Spain)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTRATION; SUN; YOUNG ADULT; ANALYSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; EATING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAST FOOD; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CORRELATION OF DATA; EATING; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 85066620397     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.l1949     Document Type: Article

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