ReviewCurrent obesity reports2016
Global Changes in Food Supply and the Obesity Epidemic.
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82 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Determinants of Long-Term Sustainment of Healthy Food Retail Environment Changes: A Systematic Review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Pooled it
- Front-of-Package Nutrition Labeling and Its Impact on Food Industry Practices: A Systematic Review of the Evidence.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Measures of Perceived Neighborhood Food Environments and Dietary Habits: A Systematic Review of Methods and Associations.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Ultra-processed food and the risk of overweight and obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2020Pooled it
- Consumption of ultra-processed foods and health outcomes: a systematic review of epidemiological studies.Nutrition journal · 2020Pooled it
- The association between adiponectin gene rs182052 polymorphism and cancer risk: a meta-analysis.Bioscience reports · 2020Pooled it
- The efficacy and safety of liraglutide in the obese, non-diabetic individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis.African health sciences · 2019 · on this mapPooled it
- KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline on the Evaluation and Care of Living Kidney Donors.Transplantation · 2017Guideline
- Highly Atherogenic Lipid Particles are Associated with Preeclampsia After Successful Fertility Treatment for Obese Women who have Unexplained Infertility.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2023Trial
- Short-term effects of sugar-free apricot jam, cocoa powder and dried cranberry cereal bar on glycaemic responses in healthy adults: a randomised clinical trial.Journal of nutritional science · 2022Trial
- Takeaway Fast-Food Consumption and Elevated Diastolic Blood Pressure in US Young Adults: An Exploratory Mediation Analysis of Metabolic and Inflammatory Indicators.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Dietary Oxysterols Reprogram Hepatic Lipid Metabolism and Reshape the Gut Metabolome-Microbiome Interface.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Is obesity the missing link? Ultra-processed foods and metabolic and reproductive outcomes: a narrative review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Association between ultra-processed food consumption and inflammation: insights from the STANISLAS cohort.European journal of nutrition · 2025Article
- Food choice motivations and perceptions of healthy eating: a cross-sectional study among consumers in the UAE.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Obesity: A Narrative Review of Their Association and Potential Mechanisms.Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome · 2025Review
- The role of ultra-processed foods in plant-based diets: associations with human health and environmental sustainability.European journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- A Close Relationship Between Ultra-Processed Foods and Adiposity in Adults in Southern Italy.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Ultra-Processed Food Intake and Increased Risk of Obesity: A Narrative Review.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Current perspectives on brain circuits involved in food addiction-like behaviors.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2024Review
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Abstract
purpose of reviewWe explore how a global shift in the food system caused by global economic growth, increase in available food per capita and in food processing is a driver of the obesity epidemic. RECENT
findingsEconomic development in most areas of the world has resulted in increased purchasing power and available per capita food. Supermarkets and a growing fast-food industry have transformed our dietary pattern. Ultra-processed food rich on sugars and saturated fat is now the major source of energy in most countries. The shift in food supply is considered a major driver of the obesity epidemic and the increasing prevalence of accompanying complications, such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer. However, the global shift might also have direct effects on the increase in type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer, independently of overweight and obesity. The shift in the food supply is a major driver of the obesity epidemic.
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