ReviewFrontiers in nutrition2021
Review: The Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods and Non-communicable Diseases in Latin America.
Review in Frontiers in nutrition, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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59 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- A comparative systematic review of risk factors, prevalence, and challenges contributing to non-communicable diseases in South Asia, Africa, and Caribbeans.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- The effect of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions on the double burden of malnutrition in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review.The Lancet. Global health · 2024Pooled it
- A Systematic Review on Processed/Ultra-Processed Foods and Arterial Hypertension in Adults and Older People.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Adult Mortality Risk: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of 207,291 Participants.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Adult Diabetes Risk: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
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- Effects of single and mixed metal exposure on neurocognitive health and quality of life among adults from Bihar India.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Food and beverage marketing directed at youth in 11 Latin American countries: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
The objective of this article is to assess current trends in Latin America with respect to the consumption of ultra-processed foods and non-communicable diseases. This review addresses the rapid growth of the ultra-processed foods market in Latin America which, along with other social and environmental factors, has been shown to be highly influential in the prevalence of non-communicable diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease, cancer, and all-cause mortality. Ultra-processed foods represent a health concern for a number of reasons. They are generally calorically dense and high in sodium, sugar, and saturated and
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