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Assessment of ultra processed foods consumption in Senegal: validation of the Nova-UPF screener.
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- What Do Nova and the Ultraprocessed Food Concept Offer to Policymakers? From Updating Dietary Guidance to Regulatory Action and Advancing Sustainable Food System Transitions.American journal of public health · 2026Article
- Healthy Diet Metrics for Children and Adolescents and Their Suitability for Global Monitoring: A Critical Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Review
- Development of a simplified NOVA-based scoring tool for assessing ultra-processed food consumption among Korean young adults: a cross-sectional study.Korean journal of community nutrition · 2026Article
- Assessment of construct validity and reliability of the Canadian Ultra-Processed Product Screener.Public health nutrition · 2026Article
- Ultra processed food consumption and nutrients adequacy among cancer survivors in Lebanon.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Adaptation and Validation of the Nova-UPF Screener for the Assessment of Ultra-Processed Food Intake in Portuguese Adults.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Development and Validation of a New Tool for Assessing the Intake of Ultra-Processed Foods in Adult Population: GR-UPFAST.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025Article
- Validation of a screener to assess ultra-processed food consumption in the adult Indian population: the Nova-UPF Screener (for India).The British journal of nutrition · 2025Article
- Validation of NOVA 27 ultra-processed food screener: adaptation and performance in Ecuador.Public health nutrition · 2025Article
- Ultra-processed Food Intake is Inversely Associated with Cooking Skills in Post-metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Individuals: A Cross-sectional study.Obesity surgery · 2025Article
- Narrative Review of the Validity and Cross-Context Equivalence of Healthy Diet Metrics and Their Data Collection Methods for Global Monitoring.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Review
- How to evaluate ultra-processed food intake in pediatrics? UPF score: an easy alternative.BMC nutrition · 2025Article
- A Comparative Study on the Consumption Patterns of Processed Food Among Individuals With and Without Type 2 Diabetes.International journal of public health · 2025Article
- Ultra-Processed Foods Consumption Is Associated With Intakes of Critical Nutrients Related to Non-Communicable Diseases Among Adults in Dakar, Senegal.International journal of public health · 2025Article
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- Piloting a brief assessment to capture consumption of whole plant food and water: version 1.0 of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine Diet Screener (ACLM Diet Screener).Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Description and performance of two diet quality scores based on the Nova classification.Revista de saude publica · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundUltra-processed foods (UPF), as proposed by the Nova food classification system, are linked to the development of obesity and several non-communicable chronic diseases and deaths from all causes. The Nova-UPF screener developed in Brazil is a simple and quick tool to assess and monitor the consumption of these food products. The aim of this study was to adapt and validate, against the 24-hour dietary recall, this short food-based screener to assess UPF consumption in the Senegalese context.
methodsThe tool adaptation was undertaken using DELPHI methodology with national experts and data from a food market survey. Following the adaptation, sub-categories were renamed, restructured and new ones introduced. The validation study was conducted in the urban area of Dakar in a convenience sample of 301 adults, using as a reference the dietary share of UPF on the day prior to the survey, expressed as a percentage of total energy intake obtained via 24-hour recall. Association between the Nova-UPF score and the dietary share of UPF was evaluated using linear regression models. The Pabak index was used to assess the agreement in participants' classification according to quintiles of Nova-UPF score and quintiles of the dietary share of UPF.
resultsThe results show a linear and positive association (p-value < 0.001) between intervals of the Nova-UPF score and the average dietary share of UPF. There was a near perfect agreement in the distribution of individuals according to score's quintiles and UPF dietary share quintiles (Pabak index = 0.84).
conclusionThe study concluded that the score provided by the Nova-UPF screener adapted to the Senegalese context is a valid estimate of UPF consumption.
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