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Ultraprocessed foods

15/10/2024
Between 15 % and 58 % of the daily energy in national diets comes from UPF, according to a recent review (Martini et al., 2021).
Cita Los UPF hacen una contribución considerable a las dietas nacionales, oscilando entre el 15% y el 58% como proporción de la energía diaria en todos los países en una revisión reciente.
Fuente Robinson E, Johnstone AM (2024) Ultraprocessed food (UPF), health, and mechanistic uncertainty: What should we be advising the public to do about UPFs? PLoS Med 21(10): e1004439. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004439

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