The Intersection of Diet Quality and Ultraprocessed Food Intake: Using Evidence-Based Categories to Characterize Differences in Cardiometabolic Profiles.

Objectives. To examine how ultraprocessed food (UPF) consumption and diet quality jointly relate to cardiometabolic health. Methods. This serial cross-sectional study used data from 15 760 US adults (aged ≥ 20 years) in the 2009–2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. Participants co...

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Published in:	American Journal of Public Health Vol. 116; no. 7; pp. 993 - 1004
Main Authors:	Sheinberg, Elise, Schmidt, Laura A., Mande, Jerold R., Martinez-Steele, Euridice, Tobias, Deirdre K., Leung, Cindy W.
Format:	Article
Published:	American Public Health Association Jul2026
Subjects:	United States Cross-sectional method Food consumption Food habits Fasting Food quality Packaged foods Cardiovascular diseases Research funding Body mass index Multiple regression analysis Nutritional assessment Questionnaires Descriptive statistics Chi-squared test Blood sugar Metabolic syndrome
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