FAB: Obesity and Ultra-Processed Foods

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Obesity and Ultra-Processed Foods - Research

Ganguly S et al 2025 - Consumption of sucrose-water rewires macronutrient uptake and utilization mechanisms in a tissue specific manner
Butler M et al 2025 - Obesity-associated memory impairment and neuroinflammation precede widespread peripheral perturbations in aged rats
Chavez-Ugalde I et al 2024 - Ultra-processed food consumption in UK adolescents: distribution, trends, and sociodemographic correlates using the National Diet and Nutrition Survey 2008/09 to 2018/19
Hayes A et al 2024 - Western diet consumption impairs memory function via dysregulated hippocampus acetylcholine signaling
Ballester-Navarro P et al 2024 - Association of Circadian Misalignment with Diet and Physical Activity in Adolescents
Sherling D et al 2024 - Newest updates to health providers on the hazards of ultra-processed foods and proposed solutions
Buckland G et al 2024 - Associations of childhood diet quality scores with arterial stiffness and carotid artery intima-media thickness in adolescence/early adulthood: findings from the ALSPAC cohort
Lateral hypothalamic proenkephalin neurons drive threat-induced overeating associated with a negative emotional state
Alassaf M et al 2023 - Diet-induced glial insulin resistance impairs the clearance of neuronal debris in Drosophila brain
Hosseini A et al 2023 - Consuming artificial sweeteners may alter the structure and function of duodenal microbial communities
Samuthpongtorn C et al 2023 - Consumption of Ultraprocessed Food and Risk of Depression
Galen K et al 2023 - Brain responses to nutrients are severely impaired and not reversed by weight loss in humans with obesity: a randomized crossover study
Peng S et al 2023 - Does obesity related eating behaviours only affect chronic diseases? A nationwide study of university students in China
Chen K et al 2022 - Childhood neurodevelopmental disorders and maternal diabetes: A population-based cohort study
Nguyen M et al 2022 - Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and weight gain in children and adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies and randomized controlled trials
Gertler & Gracner 2022 - The Sweet Life: The Long-Term Effects of a Sugar-Rich Early Childhood
Grech A et al 2022 - Macronutrient (im)balance drives energy intake in an obesogenic food environment: An ecological analysis
Ousey J et al 2022 - Gut microbiota suppress feeding induced by palatable foods: Current Biology
Gearhardt A et al 2022 - Highly processed foods can be considered addictive substances based on established scientific criteria
Wang Y et al 2022 - Maternal consumption of ultra-processed foods and subsequent risk of offspring overweight or obesity: results from three prospective cohort studies
Jones G et al 2022 - British Journal of Nutrition Article contents Abstract Methods Discussion Footnotes References Putting nutrition education on the table: development of a curriculum to meet future doctors’ needs
Hadjihambi A et al 2022 - Partial MCT1 invalidation protects against diet-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and the associated brain dysfunction
Camacho-Muñoz D et al 2022 - Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids reverse the impact of western diets on regulatory T cell responses through averting ceramide-mediated pathways
Butler M et al 2021 - Dietary DHA prevents cognitive impairment and inflammatory gene expression in aged male rats fed a diet enriched with refined carbohydrates
Ludwig D et al 2021 - The carbohydrate-insulin model: a physiological perspective on the obesity pandemic
Chang K et al 2021 - Association Between Childhood Consumption of Ultraprocessed Food and Adiposity Trajectories in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children Birth Cohort
Boyd J et al 2021 - Elevated dietary ω-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids induce reversible peripheral nerve dysfunction that exacerbates comorbid pain conditions
Liu T et al 2021 - Western diet induces Paneth cell defects through microbiome alterations and farnesoid X receptor and type I interferon activation
Robert H. Lustig 2020 - Ultraprocessed Food: Addictive, Toxic, and Ready for Regulation
Tan M et al 2020 - Obesity and Covid-19: the role of the food industry
McKenzie et al 2020 - Evaluation of sex differences in dietary behaviours and their relationship with cardiovascular risk factors
Laster and Frame 2019 - Beyond the Calories - Is the Problem in the Processing?
Razavi et al 2019 - What arguments and from whom are most influential in shaping public health policy
Lowe et al 2018 - The neurocognitive mechanisms underlying food cravings and snack food consumption
Expert reaction to opinion piece about the health effects of sugar (Taubes 2018)
Zhao N et al 2017 - Apolipoprotein E4 Impairs Neuronal Insulin Signaling by Trapping Insulin Receptor in the Endosomes
Araújo J et al 2019 - Prevalence of Optimal Metabolic Health in American Adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2009-2016
Rapuano et al., 2015 - Individual Differences in Reward and Somatosensory-Motor Brain Regions Correlate with Adiposity in Adolescents.
Farrow et al., 2015 - Teaching our children when to eat: how parental feeding practices inform the development of emotional eating-a longitudinal experimental design.
Milner et al., 2015 - Health effects of adopting low greenhouse gas emission diets in the UK
Hardman et al., 2015 - So Many Brands and Varieties to Choose from: Does This Compromise the Control of Food Intake in Humans?
Mostazir et al., 2015 - Childhood obesity: evidence for distinct early and late environmental determinants
Malhotra et al., 2015 - It is time to bust the myth of physical inactivity and obesity: you cannot outrun a bad diet
Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, 2015 - Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Xiang et al., 2015 - Provider Advice on Exercise and Diet Among Adults With Comorbid Serious Psychological Distress and Diabetes or Diabetes Risk Factors.
WHO 2015 - WHO Regional Office for Europe nutrient profile model
Chassaing et al., 2015 - Dietary emulsifiers impact the mouse gut microbiota promoting colitis and metabolic syndrome
Imamura et al., 2015 - Dietary quality among men and women in 187 countries in 1990 and 2010
Roberto et al., 2015 - Patchy progress on obesity prevention: emerging examples, entrenched barriers, and new thinking
Ochner et al., 2015 - Treating obesity seriously: when recommendations for lifestyle change confront biological adaptations

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