Public health response to ultra-processed food and drinks

Jean Adams; Karen Hofman; Jean-Claude Moubarac; Anne Marie Thow

doi:10.1136/bmj.m2391

Public health response to ultra-processed food and drinks

BMJ. 2020 Jun 26:369:m2391. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m2391.

Authors

Jean Adams¹, Karen Hofman², Jean-Claude Moubarac³, Anne Marie Thow⁴

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Diet and Activity Research, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Jma79@medschl.cam.ac.uk.
² South Africa MRC/Wits Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
³ Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada.
⁴ Menzies Centre for Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney Australia.

Abstract

Growing evidence confirms a link between consumption of ultra-processed food and drinks and non-communicable diseases. Jean Adams and colleagues explore the implications for public health action

MeSH terms

Chronic Disease / prevention & control*
Consumer Behavior / statistics & numerical data*
Energy Intake / physiology*
Fast Foods / adverse effects*
Feeding Behavior
Food Handling
Food Industry / legislation & jurisprudence
Humans
Micronutrients
Noncommunicable Diseases / prevention & control*
Nutrition Policy
Nutrition Surveys
Nutritive Value / physiology*
Public Health*

Substances

Micronutrients

Abstract

MeSH terms

Substances

Grants and funding