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Ultra-processed foods: what they are and how to identify them
TLDR
The present commentary responds to the growing interest in ultra-processed foods among policy makers, academic researchers, health professionals, journalists and consumers concerned to devise policies, investigate dietary patterns, advise people, prepare media coverage, and when buying food and checking labels in shops or at home.
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Fathers’ child feeding practices: A review of the evidence
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Improving the design of nutrition labels to promote healthier food choices and reasonable portion sizes
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Research on nutrition labeling should focus on ways to improve food labels’ ability to capture consumer attention, reduce label complexity and convey numeric nutrition information in simpler and more meaningful ways, such as through interpretive food labels.
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Nutrient‐Based Warning Labels May Help in the Pursuit of Healthy Diets
In this commentary we argue that the newest paradigm of front‐of‐package labels, represented by the characteristics found in the Chilean warning label, has the greatest potential to promote healthy…
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Simplifying mental math: Changing how added sugars are displayed on the nutrition facts label can improve consumer understanding
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Fathers’ Perceived Reasons for Their Underrepresentation in Child Health Research and Strategies to Increase Their Involvement
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Fathers’ participation in pediatric research may increase if researchers explicitly invite father to participate, target father-focused recruitment venues, clearly communicate the benefits of the research for fathers and their families and adopt streamlined study procedures.
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Sociodemographic factors associated with the consumption of ultra-processed foods in Colombia
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Children and adolescents residing in urban areas and households with greater purchasing power have some of the highest intakes of ultra-processed foods in the country, along with snacks and sugary drinks.
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Choosing a front-of-package warning label for Brazil: A randomized, controlled comparison of three different label designs.
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A Qualitative Assessment of the Acceptability of Smartphone Applications for Improving Sleep Behaviors in Low-Income and Minority Adolescents
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The findings highlight the need to adapt sleep hygiene recommendations to targeted populations, considering preferences and social and cultural contextual factors, and underscores the importance of the platform, setting, and messenger when delivering health information to adolescents.
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Association between dietary contribution of ultra-processed foods and urinary concentrations of phthalates and bisphenol in a nationally representative sample of the US population aged 6 years and…
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The results suggest the possibility of contact materials in ultra- processed foods as one link between ultra-processed food and these health outcomes, and future studies could confirm findings and further explore these mechanisms of action.
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