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Industrially formulated products made mostly from extracted or synthesised ingredients (soft drinks, packaged snacks, reconstituted meats, ready meals). High intake is linked with obesity and, in cohort studies, with more cancer, though the evidence is graded only 'suggestive' because of classification and confounding problems.
NOVA classifies foods by degree and purpose of processing rather than nutrient content; group 4 products typically contain additives, are energy-dense and hyper-palatable, and displace whole foods. Cohort associations with cancer are replicated but graded 'suggestive'; criticisms include classification unreliability and confounding by socioeconomic status. Policy interest is high (front-of-pack warnings in Chile and Mexico, school food rules).
Showing the technology this term belongs to: Ultra-processed food and sugar-sweetened drinks.
Shares Dietary pattern scores (Mediterranean, HEI, AHEI, DASH, WCRF/AICR), Red and processed meat reduction, Ultra-processed food and sugar-sweetened drinks, Prevention we already have is not deployed.
Shares Controlled feeding trials to separate ultra-processing from calories, Ultra-processed food and sugar-sweetened drinks.
Shares Dietary pattern scores (Mediterranean, HEI, AHEI, DASH, WCRF/AICR), Obesity-related cancers (IARC list of 13).
Shares Obesity-related cancers (IARC list of 13), Prevention we already have is not deployed.
Shares Obesity-related cancers (IARC list of 13), Prevention we already have is not deployed.
Shares Dietary pattern scores (Mediterranean, HEI, AHEI, DASH, WCRF/AICR), Red and processed meat reduction, Ultra-processed food and sugar-sweetened drinks, Obesity-related cancers (IARC list of 13).
Shares Obesity-related cancers (IARC list of 13), Prevention we already have is not deployed.
Shares Obesity-related cancers (IARC list of 13), Prevention we already have is not deployed.