Public Health Nutrition special issue on ultra-processed foods

Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods and Mortality: A National Prospective Cohort in Spain

“…[38][39][40] However, it is also known that the Spanish population has been drifting away from this traditional pattern to adopt a less healthy diet, 41 especially among young people, 42 supporting the estimates that ultra-processed foods consumption will continue to increase. 20 The association of some groups of ultraprocessed foods with mortality has been studied previously. In the United States, positive associations were found between fast food and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and mortality.…”

“…In this regard, we were aware that NOVA classification has been criticized (mainly because of the broad definition of ultra-processed food), 62 but it is the most used and recommended for classifying ultra-processed foods in public health nutrition. 20 Third, the relatively low number of deaths precluded meaningful analyses by specific causes of death. Last, a certain degree of residual confounding can still exist, and nondifferential misclassification affecting both, exposure and disease, can still operate, leading to a dilution bias of the true effect.…”

“…19 It has been estimated that ultraprocessed food intake is increasing, and it currently contributes 25%-50% of total energy intake. 20 These shifts in dietary habits have been parallel to an increase in chronic diseases, beyond what was expected for a subject's chronological age, 21 and ultra-processed food consumption could have a role in this phenomenon. 22 Indeed, several longitudinal studies observed that ultra-processed food intake was associated with a higher incidence of dyslipidemia, 23 hypertension 24 and cancer.…”

Description of nutrient consumption based on the level of industrial food processing. National Survey on Nutrition and Health of 2005

“…17,18 In our opinion, the most appropriate one is the NOVA classification; since 2014, the number of publications using the description of intake based on this reference framework has increased considerably in PubMed via Medline. This food classification system by processing level has gained recognition in the bibliography until the publication of a special issue of the leading journal in public nutrition policies in January 2018 19 and as part of the reports by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). 9,20 There is sufficient epidemiological evidence demonstrating that ultra-processed food consumption is associated with a low-quality diet and poor health conditions.…”

Prácticas de alimentación y salud entre trabajadores agrícolas migrantes en Miguel Alemán, Sonora, México.

“…Estudios actuales indican la relación entre la alimentación moderna y enfermedades crónicas (Gaona-Pineda et al, 2018;Kelly y Jacoby, 2018;Morales-Ruán et al, 2018;Torres y Lutz, 2016;Rasmussen, Pagh, Fons, Fredenslund y Holstein, 2018). En México, la diabetes ocupa los primeros lugares de morbilidad y mortalidad (Guthrie y Fleck, 2017;Ridler, 2017;Soto, Moreno, García-García, Ochoa y Silberman, 2018), seguida por enfermedades isquémicas del corazón y cáncer (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía [INEGI], 2017), relacionadas directamente con los patrones de alimentación, sedentarismo y estrés.…”