Ultra-Processed Foods: Definitions and Policy Issues.

ABSTRACT: Four categories of foods are proposed in the NOVA food classification, which seeks to relate food processing as the primary driver of diet quality. Of these, the category "ultra-processed foods" has been widely studied in relation both to diet quality and to risk factors for noncommunicable disease. The present paper explores the definition of ultra-processed foods since its inception and clearly shows that the definition of such foods has varied considerably. Because of the difficulty of interpretation of the primary definition, the NOVA group and others have set out lists of examples of foods that fall under the category of ultra-processed foods. The present manuscript demonstrates that since the inception of the NOVA classification of foods, these examples of foods to which this categor

SUBMITTER: Gibney MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6389637 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature