High sugar intake has long been recognized as a potential environmental risk factor for
increased incidence of many non-communicable diseases, including obesity, cardiovascular …

The nutrition literature and authoritative reports increasingly recognise the concept of ultra-
processed foods (UPF), as a descriptor of unhealthy diets. UPFs are now prevalent in diets …

Níveis de evidência Nível A Dados obtidos a partir de múltiplos estudos randomizados de
bom porte, concordantes e/ou de meta-análise robusta de estudos clínicos randomizados …

Driven by economic development and urbanisation, animal-based protein (ABP)
consumption has surged worldwide over the last 50 years, rising from 61 g per person per …

This paper is the first to make a systematic review and assessment of the literature that
attempts methodically to incorporate food processing into classification of diets. The review …

Level of evidence Level A Data obtained from multiple concordant large randomized trials
and/or robust meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials Level B Data obtained from less …

Orthodox teaching and practice on nutrition and health almost always focuses on nutrients,
or else on foods and drinks. Thus, diets that are high in folate and in green leafy vegetables …

In an article that forms part of the PLoS Medicine series on Big Food, Carlos Monteiro and
Geoffrey Cannon provide a perspective from Brazil on the rise of multinational food …

Develo** countries are undergoing rapid nutrition transition concurrent with increases in
obesity, the metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). From a healthy …

Objectives. We sought to update income-specific secular trends in obesity in Brazil to assess
the hypothesis that the disease burden is shifting toward the poor. Methods. We compared …