Assessment of construct validity and reliability of the Canadian Ultra-Processed Product Screener (CUPS)
This study provides evidence supporting the construct validity and reliability of the CUPS among Canadian adults. The CUPS is useful for identifying low and high consumers of UPF and could serve as a proxy measure for one key dimension of diet quality, which is the type of food processing.
Authors
- David Hamond
- Virginie Hamel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8467-3138)
- Sharon I. Kirkpatrick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9896-5975)
- Jane Y. Polsky
- Carmen Byker Shanks
- Jean-Claude Moubarac
- Lana Vanderlee
- Sara Desmarais
- Didier Gariguet
- Maria Laura da Costa Louzada
Institutions
- University of Waterloo (CA)
- Montana State University (US)
- Institute of Water Modelling (BD)
- Université Laval (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Public Health Nutrition
- Published
- 2026-03-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980026102304
- Primary Topic
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research