Ultra-processed foods, incident overweight and obesity, and longitudinal changes in weight and waist circumference: The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2020, Pages 1076-1086

  Canhada, Scheine Leite ^a,b   Luft, Vivian Cristine ^a,c   Giatti, Luana ^d   Duncan, Bruce Bartholow ^a,b   Chor, Dora ^e   Fonseca, Maria De Jesus M Da ^e   Matos, Sheila Maria Alvim ^f   Molina, Maria Del Carmen Bisi ^g   Barreto, Sandhi Maria ^d   Levy, Renata Bertazzi ^h   Schmidt, Maria Inês ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Health Technology Assessment Institute IATS   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Food handling; Obesity; Ultra processed food; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EVENT; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; BODY-WEIGHT TRAJECTORY; BRAZIL; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 85074174378     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980019002854     Document Type: Article

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