Nardocci et al. 2019

Research paper

Nardocci M, Leclerc BS, Louzada ML, Monteiro CA, Batal M, Moubarac JC. Consumption of ultra-processed foods and obesity in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2019;110(1):4-14. Epub 2018 Sep 20. doi:10.17269/s41997-018-0130-x. Correction: Can J Public Health. 2019;110(1):15, doi:10.17269/s41997-018-0142-6

Why we cite it

A cross-sectional analysis of Canada’s 2004 national nutrition survey linking the energy share of ultra-processed food to obesity. It supplies one of the obesity associations the NOVA authors’ commentary summarises. Its design cannot establish direction: the authors themselves flag reverse causality and day-to-day variation in single 24-hour recalls.

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