Ultra-processed food consumption and indicators of obesity in the United Kingdom population (2008-2016)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2020, Pages

  Rauber, Fernanda ^a   Steele, Eurídice Martínez ^a   da Costa Louzada, Maria Laura ^a   Millett, Christopher ^a,b   Monteiro, Carlos Augusto ^a   Levy, Renata Bertazzi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET COMPOSITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADVERSE EVENT; FAST FOOD; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; SEX FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; SEX FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85084925158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232676     Document Type: Article

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