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h-index: 36
Works: 96
Citations: 14K

Most-cited papers

Ultra-processed foods: what they are and how to identify them
C. Monteiro, G. Cannon, R. Levy, J. Moubarac +8 more
2019Public Health Nutrition2,354 citations Open access
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The UN Decade of Nutrition, the NOVA food classification and the trouble with ultra-processing
C. Monteiro, G. Cannon, J. Moubarac, R. Levy +2 more
2017Public Health Nutrition1,852 citations Open access
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Ultra‐processed products are becoming dominant in the global food system
C. Monteiro, J. Moubarac, G. Cannon, S. Ng +1 more
2013Obesity Reviews1,555 citations Open access
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Ultra-processed foods and added sugars in the US diet: evidence from a nationally representative cross-sectional study
Eurídice Martínez Steele, L. Baraldi, M. L. da Costa Louzada, J. Moubarac +2 more
2016BMJ Open737 citations Open access
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Consumption of ultra-processed foods predicts diet quality in Canada.
J. Moubarac, M. Batal, M. Louzada, E. Steele +1 more
2017Appetite590 citations Open access
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NOVA. The star shines bright
C. Monteiro, G. Cannon, R. Levy, J. Moubarac +5 more
2016585 citations
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Consumption of ultra-processed foods and obesity in Brazilian adolescents and adults.
M. L. da Costa Louzada, L. Baraldi, E. Steele, A. P. Martins +8 more
2015Preventive Medicine554 citations Open access
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Household availability of ultra-processed foods and obesity in nineteen European countries
C. Monteiro, J. Moubarac, R. Levy, D. Canella +2 more
2017Public Health Nutrition463 citations Open access
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Ultra-processed foods and the nutritional dietary profile in Brazil
M. L. da Costa Louzada, A. P. Martins, D. Canella, L. Baraldi +5 more
2015Revista de Saúde Pública453 citations Open access
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Food Classification Systems Based on Food Processing: Significance and Implications for Policies and Actions: A Systematic Literature Review and Assessment
J. Moubarac, D. Parra, G. Cannon, C. Monteiro
2014Current Obesity Reports446 citations
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Consumption of ultra-processed foods and likely impact on human health. Evidence from Canada
J. Moubarac, A. P. Martins, R. Claro, R. Levy +2 more
2012Public Health Nutrition446 citations Open access
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Ultra-Processed Food Products and Obesity in Brazilian Households (2008–2009)
D. Canella, R. Levy, A. P. Martins, R. Claro +4 more
2014PLoS ONE432 citations Open access
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Increased contribution of ultra-processed food products in the Brazilian diet (1987-2009).
A. P. Martins, R. Levy, R. Claro, J. Moubarac +1 more
2013Revista de Saúde Pública351 citations Open access
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Global trends in ultraprocessed food and drink product sales and their association with adult body mass index trajectories
S. Vandevijvere, L. Jaacks, C. Monteiro, J. Moubarac +5 more
2019Obesity Reviews300 citations Open access
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Dietary guidelines to nourish humanity and the planet in the twenty-first century. A blueprint from Brazil
C. Monteiro, G. Cannon, J. Moubarac, A. P. Martins +9 more
2015Public Health Nutrition288 citations Open access
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Impact of ultra-processed foods on micronutrient content in the Brazilian diet
M. L. da Costa Louzada, A. P. Martins, D. Canella, L. Baraldi +5 more
2015Revista de Saúde Pública272 citations Open access
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Processed and ultra-processed food products: consumption trends in Canada from 1938 to 2011.
J. Moubarac, M. Batal, A. P. Martins, R. Claro +3 more
2014Canadian journal of dietetic practice and research246 citations Open access
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Consumption of ultra-processed foods and obesity in Canada
Milena Nardocci, B. Leclerc, M. Louzada, C. Monteiro +2 more
2018Canadian journal of public health244 citations Open access
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Ultra-processed foods and human health: the main thesis and the evidence.
Carlos A. Monteiro, M. Louzada, Euridice Steele-Martinez, Geoffrey Cannon +16 more
2025The Lancet243 citations Open access
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Best practices for applying the Nova food classification system
E. Martínez-Steele, N. Khandpur, C. Batis, M. Bes-Rastrollo +13 more
2023Nature Food153 citations Open access
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Consumption of ultra-processed foods is associated with obesity, diabetes and hypertension in Canadian adults
Milena Nardocci, Jane Y. Polsky, J. Moubarac
2020Canadian journal of public health127 citations Open access
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Diet quality indices in relation to metabolic syndrome in an Indigenous Cree (Eeyouch) population in northern Québec, Canada
Mathilde Lavigne-Robichaud, J. Moubarac, Stéfanie Lantagne-Lopez, L. Johnson-Down +3 more
2017Public Health Nutrition104 citations Open access
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International differences in cost and consumption of ready-to-consume food and drink products: United Kingdom and Brazil, 2008–2009
J. Moubarac, R. Claro, L. Baraldi, R. Levy +3 more
2013Global Public Health104 citations
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Current food classifications in epidemiological studies do not enable solid nutritional recommendations for preventing diet-related chronic diseases: the impact of food processing.
A. Fardet, E. Rock, J. Bassama, P. Bohuon +4 more
2015Advances in Nutrition101 citations Open access
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Comparing Different Policy Scenarios to Reduce the Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods in UK: Impact on Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Using a Modelling Approach
P. Moreira, L. Baraldi, J. Moubarac, C. Monteiro +3 more
2015PLoS ONE101 citations Open access
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Public health response to ultra-processed food and drinks
Jean Adams, K. Hofman, J. Moubarac, A. Thow
2020British medical journal96 citations Open access
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Policies to halt and reverse the rise in ultra-processed food production, marketing, and consumption.
G. Scrinis, Barry M. Popkin, C. Corvalán, A. C. Duran +8 more
2025The Lancet94 citations Open access
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Quantifying associations of the dietary share of ultra-processed foods with overall diet quality in First Nations peoples in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario
M. Batal, L. Johnson-Down, J. Moubarac, A. Ing +5 more
2017Public Health Nutrition82 citations Open access
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Consumption of ultra-processed foods in Canada.
Jane Y. Polsky, J. Moubarac, Didier Garriguet
2020Health reports67 citations
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Association between ultra-processed food consumption and the nutrient profile of the Colombian diet in 2005.
D. Parra, M. L. da Costa Louzada, J. Moubarac, Renata Bertazzi-Levy +3 more
2019Salud Pública de México65 citations Open access
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Mapping Obesogenic Food Environments in South Africa and Ghana: Correlations and Contradictions
Florian Kroll, E. C. Swart, R. Annan, A. Thow +8 more
2019Sustainability65 citations Open access
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Ultra-processing. An odd ‘appraisal’
C. Monteiro, G. Cannon, J. Moubarac, R. Levy +2 more
2017Public Health Nutrition44 citations Open access
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[Household availability of ready-to-consume food and drink products in Chile: impact on nutritional quality of the diet].
Mirta Crovetto M, R. Uauy, A. P. Martins, J. Moubarac +1 more
2014Revista médica de Chile (Impresa)44 citations Open access
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Effects of reducing processed culinary ingredients and ultra-processed foods in the Brazilian diet: a cardiovascular modelling study
P. Moreira, L. Hyseni, J. Moubarac, A. P. Martins +4 more
2017Public Health Nutrition43 citations Open access
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A nutrition/health mindset on commercial Big Data and drivers of food demand in modern and traditional systems
L. Dubé, Alice Labban, J. Moubarac, Gabriela Heslop +2 more
2014Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences42 citations Open access
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Ultra-processing, 2012 position paper The big issue for nutrition, disease, health, well-being
Carlos A. Monteiro, G. Cannon, Renata Bertazzi Levy, R. Claro +5 more
201238 citations
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Premature Mortality Attributable to Ultraprocessed Food Consumption in 8 Countries.
E. Nilson, F. Delpino, C. Batis, P. Machado +10 more
2025American Journal of Preventive Medicine32 citations
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Potential reductions in ultra-processed food consumption substantially improve population cardiometabolic-related dietary nutrient profiles in eight countries.
E. Steele, J. A. Marrón Ponce, G. Cediel, M. Louzada +7 more
2022NMCD. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases29 citations Open access
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The burden of excessive saturated fatty acid intake attributed to ultra-processed food consumption: a study conducted with nationally representative cross-sectional studies from eight countries
E. Steele, C. Batis, G. Cediel, M. L. da Costa Louzada +7 more
2021Journal of Nutritional Science28 citations Open access
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Comparing the ways a sample of Brazilian adults classify food with the NOVA food classification: An exploratory insight.
Bruna Menegassi, P. de Morais Sato, F. Scagliusi, J. Moubarac
2019Appetite24 citations Open access
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Persisting problems related to race and ethnicity in public health and epidemiology research.
J. Moubarac
2013Revista de Saúde Pública24 citations Open access
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Sociodemographic associations of the dietary proportion of ultra-processed foods in First Nations peoples in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Manitoba, Alberta and Ontario
M. Batal, L. Johnson-Down, J. Moubarac, A. Ing +4 more
2018International Journal of Food Science and Nutrition23 citations
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Assessment of ultra processed foods consumption in Senegal: validation of the Nova-UPF screener
Saliou Diombo Kébé, A. Diouf, P. M. Sylla, Kalidou Kane +7 more
2023Archives of Public Health21 citations Open access
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Psychological distress mediates the association between daytime sleepiness and consumption of sweetened products: cross-sectional findings in a Catholic Middle-Eastern Canadian community
J. Moubarac, Margaret Cargo, O. Receveur, M. Daniel
2013BMJ Open21 citations Open access
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Bingo playing and problem gambling: A review of our current knowledge
J. Moubarac, N. Shead, J. Derevensky
201016 citations Open access
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Socio-demographic correlates of ultra-processed food consumption in Canada
Jane Y. Polsky, Sara Jovovic, Milena Nardocci, J. Moubarac
2024Public Health Nutrition14 citations Open access
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Socioeconomic Inequalities in Intakes of Ultraprocessed and Minimally Processed Foods in Nationally Representative Samples of Adults in Canada: An Analysis of Trends between 2004 and 2015
Seyed Hosseini Pozveh, M. Aktary, Jane Y. Polsky, J. Moubarac +2 more
2024Journal of NutriLife13 citations Open access
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Protecting traditional cultural food practices: Trends in diet quality and intake of ultra-processed foods by Indigenous status and race/ethnicity among a nationally representative sample of adults in Canada
D. Olstad, Sara Nejatinamini, R. Blanchet, J. Moubarac +4 more
2023SSM: Population Health13 citations Open access
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Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods Is Associated with Free Sugars Intake in the Canadian Population
Virginie Hamel, Milena Nardocci, N. Flexner, Jodi T. Bernstein +2 more
2022Nutrients13 citations Open access
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Freshly Prepared Meals and Not Ultra-Processed Foods.
C. Monteiro, G. Cannon, J. Moubarac, R. Levy +2 more
2019Cell Metabolism13 citations Open access
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