Trends in ultra-processed food availability and its association with diet-related non-communicable disease health indicators in the Portuguese population
Taissa Pereira de Araújo,
Milena Miranda de Moraes,
Cláudia Afonso
et al.
Abstract:Broad variations in dietary and physical activity patterns are part of nutritional transition concept. An additional nutritional transition has as main characteristic the change of consumption of processed foods for ultra-processed foods (UPF). This study aims to evaluate trends of UPF availability in Portuguese population and its association with diet-related noncommunicable diseases (NCD) health indicators.
This ecological study used data from the Household Budget Surveys conducted by the National Statist… Show more
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