Nutritional, environmental and economic impacts of ultra-processed food consumption in Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To quantify the full life cycle impacts of ultra-processed foods (UPF) for key environmental, economic and nutritional indicators to identify trade-offs between UPF contribution to broad-scope sustainability.

Design

Using 24-h dietary recalls along with an input-output database for the Australian economy, dietary environmental and economic impacts were quantified in this national representative cross-sectional analysis. Food items were classified into non-UPF and UPF using the NOVA system, and dietary energy contribution from non-UPF and UPF fractions in diets was estimated. Thereafter, associations between nutritional, environmental and economic impacts of non-UPF and UPF fractions of diets were examined using a multi-dimensional nutritional geometry representatio

SUBMITTER: Liyanapathirana NN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10755453 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature