Nutrition transition's latest stage: Are ultra‐processed food increases in low‐ and middle‐income countries dooming our preschoolers' diets and future health?
There is an urgent need to address the rapid increases in UPF consumption among infants and toddlers. Options include expanding the WHO Code on marketing to protect 0-3-year-olds; creating front-of-package warning labels focusing on products for children ages 0-3 years to remove all added sugar and limit sodium in foods and beverages they consume.
Authors
- Barry M. Popkin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9495-9324)
- Amos Laar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5557-0164)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- University of Ghana (GH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Obesity
- Published
- 2025-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.70002
- Citations
- 12
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 22.54
Funders
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Bloomberg Philanthropies
- International Development Research Centre
- European Commission
- National Institutes of Health
- Research Executive Agency