Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods and Health Harm
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 June 2021) | Viewed by 60461
Special Issue Editor
Interests: food consumption; dietary pattern; Mediterranean diet; body composition; obesity; metabolic syndrome; eating behavior; nutritional epidemiology; plant-based foods
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Dear Colleagues,
Diet plays a key role in the prevention of obesity and non-communicable diseases. However, over the past decades, we have witnessed a progressive abandonment of healthy dietary patterns, accompanied by a drastic increase in the consumption of ultra-processed foods.
Such products, which include savory snacks, reconstituted meat products, pre-prepared frozen dishes, and soft drinks, are characterized by a low nutritional quality and high energy density. Several pieces of evidence have related the consumption of ultra-processed foods to an increased risk of obesity, some non-communicable diseases, and mortality. However, in order to better understand and quantify the impact of these foods on the risk of adverse health outcomes and non-communicable diseases, disorders, and conditions, we need further well-designed epidemiological studies that explore the association between the consumption of ultra-processed foods and health harms in different populations around the world and age groups, as well as mechanistic studies that investigate plausible causal pathways.
This Special Issue aims to collect new studies linking the consumption of ultra-processed foods with health status and studies investigating the mechanisms of action underlying the biological effects of these foods.
Dr. Alessandro LeoneGuest Editor
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Keywords
- Ultra-processed foods
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Cardiovascular disease
- Cancer
- Non-communicable diseases
- Risk factors
- Body composition
- Health status
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