1. Consumption of ultra-processed foods associated with weight gain and obesity in adults: A multi-national cohort study
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Salvatore Panico, Vivian Viallon, José María Huerta, Heinz Freisling, Miguel Rodríguez-Barranco, Christopher Millett, Marc J. Gunter, Paolo Vineis, Christina C. Dahm, Giovanna Masala, Nasser Laouali, Elisabete Weiderpass, Verena Katzke, Charlotta Rylander, Lousie Brunkwall, Yvonne T. van der Schouw, Franziska Jannasch, Aurelio Barricarte, Fernanda Rauber, Carlos Augusto Monteiro, Jie Zhang, Jeroen W.G. Derksen, Paula Jakszyn, Geneviève Nicolas, Reynalda Cordova, Karl-Heinz Wagner, Renata Bertazzi Levy, Corinne Casagrande, Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault, Francesca Mancini, Stina Ramne, Stina Bodén, Eszter P. Vamos, Guri Skeie, Anne Tjønneland, Jytte Halkjær, Aurora Perez-Cornago, Bernard Srour, Inge Huybrechts, Nathalie Kliemann, Sara Grioni, Matthias B. Schulze, Alicia K Heath, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon (UNICANCER/CRCL), Centre Léon Bérard [Lyon]-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations (CESP), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Paul Brousse-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut Gustave Roussy (IGR), Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ, National Research Council, NRC, Medical Research Council, MRC: MR/M012190/1, Cancer Research UK, CRUK: C570/A16491, C8221/A19170, World Cancer Research Fund, WCRF, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Inserm, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, FAPESP: 2016/14302-7, Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, ÖAW, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF, Cancerfonden, Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport, VWS, Ligue Contre le Cancer, Vetenskapsrådet, VR, Fondation de France: 00081166, Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro, AIRC, Deutsche Krebshilfe, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Mutuelle Générale de l'Education Nationale, MGEN, School for Public Health Research, NIHR SPHR, The Public Health Policy Evaluation Unit is grateful for support from the NIHR School for Public Health Research . Swedish Cancer Society , Swedish Research Council and County Council of Västerbotten , Sweden., This work was partially financially supported by the Fondation de France (FDF, grant no. 00081166 , HF, RC)., Fernanda Rauber is a beneficiary of a postdoctoral fellowship from the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) , grant numbers 2016/14302-7 ., The national cohorts are supported by the following funders: Ligue Contre le Cancer , Institut Gustave-Roussy , Mutuelle Générale de l'Education Nationale , Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) (France), German Cancer Aid , German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (Germany), Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro-AIRC-Italy and National Research Council (Italy), Dutch Ministry of Public Health,Welfare and Sports (VWS) , Netherlands Cancer Registry (NKR) , LK Research Funds , Dutch Prevention Funds , Dutch ZON (Zorg Onderzoek Nederland), World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), Statistics Netherlands (The Netherlands), Health Research Fund (FIS-ISCIII) , the Regional Governments of Andalucía , Asturias , Basque Country, Murcia , Navarra , and the Catalan Institute of Oncology (Barceloan), Spain), Cancer Research UK ( 14136 to EPIC-Norfolk, C570/A16491 and C8221/A19170 to EPIC-Oxford), Medical Research Council ( 1000143 to EPIC-Norfolk, MR/M012190/1 to EPIC-Oxford) (UK)., Reynalda Cordova is a recipient of a DOC Fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences at the Institute of Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna.This work was partially financially supported by the Fondation de France (FDF, grant no. 00081166, HF, RC).Fernanda Rauber is a beneficiary of a postdoctoral fellowship from the Funda??o de Amparo ? Pesquisa do Estado de S?o Paulo (FAPESP), grant numbers 2016/14302-7.The national cohorts are supported by the following funders: Ligue Contre le Cancer, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Mutuelle G?n?rale de l'Education Nationale, Institut National de la Sant? et de la Recherche M?dicale (INSERM) (France), German Cancer Aid, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (Germany), Dutch Ministry of Public Health,Welfare and Sports (VWS), Netherlands Cancer Registry (NKR), LK Research Funds, Dutch Prevention Funds, Dutch ZON (Zorg Onderzoek Nederland),World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), Statistics Netherlands (The Netherlands), Health Research Fund (FIS-ISCIII), the Regional Governments of Andaluc?a, Asturias, Basque Country, Murcia, Navarra, and the Catalan Institute of Oncology (Barceloan), Spain), Cancer Research UK (14136 to EPIC-Norfolk, and C570/A16491 and C8221/A19170 to EPIC-Oxford), Medical Research Council (1000143 to EPIC-Norfolk, MR/M012190/1 to EPIC-Oxford) (UK).The Public Health Policy Evaluation Unit is grateful for support from the NIHR School for Public Health Research. Swedish Cancer Society, Swedish Research Council and County Council of V?sterbotten, Sweden.
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Male ,NOVA ,Food Handling ,030309 nutrition & dietetics ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Overweight ,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ,DISEASE ,Body Mass Index ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,Weight management ,Prevalence ,PARTICIPANTS ,Poisson Distribution ,Prospective Studies ,030212 general & internal medicine ,2. Zero hunger ,RISK ,0303 health sciences ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Middle Aged ,CANCER ,AGES ,3. Good health ,European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition ,Europe ,Multilevel Analysis ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,Cohort study ,Adult ,DIET ,03 medical and health sciences ,Ultra-processed foods ,medicine ,Humans ,Adults ,Obesity ,VALIDITY ,Weight gain ,Aged ,Nutrition & Dietetics ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,Diet ,PRODUCTS ,Relative risk ,Linear Models ,Fast Foods ,1111 Nutrition and Dietetics ,business ,Body mass index ,Demography - Abstract
Background: There is a worldwide shift towards increased consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPF) with concurrent rising prevalence of obesity. We examined the relationship between the consumption of UPF and weight gain and risk of obesity. Methods: This prospective cohort included 348 748 men and women aged 25-70 years. Participants were recruited between 1992 and 2000 from 9 European countries in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study. Two body weight measures were available, at baseline and after a median follow-up time of 5 years. Foods and drinks were assessed at baseline by dietary questionnaires and classified according to their degree of processing using NOVA classification. Multilevel mixed linear regression was used to estimate the association between UPF consumption and body weight change (kg/5 years). To estimate the relative risk of becoming overweight or obese after 5 years we used Poisson regression stratified according to baseline body mass index (BMI). Results: After multivariable adjustment, higher UPF consumption (per 1 SD increment) was positively associated with weight gain (0.12 kg/5 years, 95% CI 0.09 to 0.15). Comparing highest vs. lowest quintile of UPF consumption was associated with a 15% greater risk (95% CI 1.11, 1.19) of becoming overweight or obese in normal weight participants, and with a 16% greater risk (95% CI 1.09, 1.23) of becoming obese in participants who were overweight at baseline. Conclusions: These results are supportive of public health campaigns to substitute UPF for less processed alternatives for obesity prevention and weight management. (c) 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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