Ultra-processed food exposure and adverse health outcomes: umbrella review of epidemiological meta-analyses.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the existing meta-analytic evidence of associations between exposure to ultra-processed foods, as defined by the Nova food classification system, and adverse health outcomes.

Design

Systematic umbrella review of existing meta-analyses.

Data sources

MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Embase, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, as well as manual searches of reference lists from 2009 to June 2023.

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of cohort, case-control, and/or cross sectional study designs. To evaluate the credibility of evidence, pre-specified evidence classification criteria were applied, graded as convincing ("class I"), highly suggestive ("class II"), suggestive ("class III"), weak ("class IV")

SUBMITTER: Lane MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10899807 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature