Ultra-processed foods and excessive free sugar intake in the UK: A nationally representative cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2019, Pages

  Rauber, Fernanda ^a   Louzada, Maria Laura Da Costa ^a,b   Martinez Steele, Euridice ^a   De Rezende, Leandro F M ^a,b   Millett, Christopher ^a,c   Monteiro, Carlos A ^a   Levy, Renata B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

food processing; free sugar; ultra processed; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC GROUP; FOOD INTAKE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX ALLOCATION; SUGAR INTAKE; ULTRA-PROCESSED FOOD; UNITED KINGDOM; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD HANDLING; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUCROSE; DIETARY SUGARS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85074284425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027546     Document Type: Article

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