Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and the Incidence of Hypertension in a Mediterranean Cohort: The Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra Project

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Authors

Raquel de Deus Mendonça · Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Aline Cristine Souza Lopes · Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Adriano Marçal Pimenta · Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Alfredo Gea · Spanish Biomedical Research Centre in Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition

Miguel Ángel Martínez‐González · Spanish Biomedical Research Centre in Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition

Maira Bes‐Rastrollo · Instituto de Salud Carlos III

Abstract

In this large prospective cohort of Spanish middle-aged adult university graduates, a positive association between UPF consumption and hypertension risk was observed. Additional longitudinal studies are needed to confirm our results.

Topics & Keywords

Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling Nutritional Studies and Diet Sodium Intake and Health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: American Journal of Hypertension

Volume 30, Issue 4, pp. 358-366

DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpw137

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