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Assessing the healthiness of UK food companies' product portfolios using food sales and nutrient composition data

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The provision and over-consumption of foods high in energy, saturated fat, free sugars or salt are important risk factors for poor diet and ill-health. In the UK, policies seek to drive improvement through voluntary reformulation of single nutrients in key food groups. There has been little consideration of the overall progress by individual companies. This study assesses recent changes in the nutrient profile of brands and products sold by the top 10 food ... Expand abstract
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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1371/journal.pone.0254833

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Sub department:
Clinical Trial Service Unit
Oxford college:
Exeter; EXETER COLLEGE; Exeter; EXETER COLLEGE
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0001-5551-8390
Publisher:
Public Library of Science Publisher's website
Journal:
PloS One Journal website
Volume:
16
Issue:
8
Article number:
e0254833
Publication date:
2021-08-04
Acceptance date:
2021-07-04
DOI:
EISSN:
1932-6203
ISSN:
1932-6203
Pmid:
34347807
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1189735
Local pid:
pubs:1189735
Deposit date:
2021-08-11

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