| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Profits and pandemics: prevention of harmful effects of tobacco, alcohol, and ultra-processed food and drink industries | Lancet, The | 2013 | 1,248 |
| 2 | The UN Decade of Nutrition, the NOVA food classification and the trouble with ultra-processing | Public Health Nutrition | 2018 | 1,155 |
| 3 | Ultra-processed foods: what they are and how to identify them | Public Health Nutrition | 2019 | 1,067 |
| 4 | Trends of obesity and underweight in older children and adolescents in the United States, Brazil, China, and Russia | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 2002 | 995 |
| 5 | Chronic non-communicable diseases in Brazil: burden and current challenges | Lancet, The | 2011 | 979 |
| 6 | Effect of Lung Recruitment and Titrated Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) vs Low PEEP on Mortality in Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2017 | 696 |
| 7 | Consumption of ultra-processed foods and cancer risk: results from NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2018 | 605 |
| 8 | International Clinical Practice Guidelines for Sarcopenia (ICFSR): Screening, Diagnosis and Management | Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging | 2018 | 549 |
| 9 | Ultra-processed food intake and risk of cardiovascular disease: prospective cohort study (NutriNet-Santé) | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2019 | 512 |
| 10 | Ultra-processed foods and added sugars in the US diet: evidence from a nationally representative cross-sectional study | BMJ Open | 2016 | 511 |
| 11 | Maternal psychological stress and distress as predictors of low birth weight, prematurity and intrauterine growth retardation | European Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 2003 | 478 |
| 12 | Obesity, Inflammation, Toll-Like Receptor 4 and Fatty Acids | Nutrients | 2018 | 452 |
| 13 | The dual burden household and the nutrition transition paradox | International Journal of Obesity | 2005 | 444 |
| 14 | Consumption of ultra-processed foods predicts diet quality in Canada | Appetite | 2017 | 420 |
| 15 | INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/non‐communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support): overview and key principles | Obesity Reviews | 2013 | 415 |
| 16 | Household availability of ultra-processed foods and obesity in nineteen European countries | Public Health Nutrition | 2018 | 387 |
| 17 | The share of ultra-processed foods and the overall nutritional quality of diets in the US: evidence from a nationally representative cross-sectional study | Population Health Metrics | 2017 | 365 |
| 18 | Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases-Related Dietary Nutrient Profile in the UK (2008–2014) | Nutrients | 2018 | 365 |
| 19 | Stunting is Associated with Overweight in Children of Four Nations That Are Undergoing the Nutrition Transition | Journal of Nutrition | 1996 | 351 |
| 20 | Obesity and inequities in health in the developing world | International Journal of Obesity | 2004 | 349 |
| 21 | Heat Wave and Mortality: A Multicountry, Multicommunity Study | Environmental Health Perspectives | 2017 | 320 |
| 22 | Oral Health and Risk of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck and Esophagus: Results of Two Multicentric Case-Control Studies | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2007 | 318 |
| 23 | Can air pollution negate the health benefits of cycling and walking? | Preventive Medicine | 2016 | 304 |
| 24 | Consumption of ultra-processed foods and associated sociodemographic factors in the USA between 2007 and 2012: evidence from a nationally representative cross-sectional study | BMJ Open | 2018 | 293 |
| 25 | Do school based food and nutrition policies improve diet and reduce obesity? | Preventive Medicine | 2009 | 266 |
| 26 | Ultraprocessed Food Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Among Participants of the NutriNet-Santé Prospective Cohort | JAMA Internal Medicine | 2020 | 257 |
| 27 | Dietary Advanced Glycation End Products and Their Role in Health and Disease | Advances in Nutrition | 2015 | 252 |
| 28 | Shifting obesity trends in Brazil | European Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 2000 | 248 |
| 29 | Phenolic Antioxidants Identified by ESI-MS from Yerba Maté (Ilex paraguariensis) and Green Tea (Camelia sinensis) Extracts | Molecules | 2007 | 248 |
| 30 | Income-Specific Trends in Obesity in Brazil: 1975–2003 | American Journal of Public Health | 2007 | 244 |
| 31 | Independent Effects of Income and Education on the Risk of Obesity in the Brazilian Adult Population | Journal of Nutrition | 2001 | 236 |
| 32 | Akkermansia muciniphila mediates negative effects of IFNγ on glucose metabolism | Nature Communications | 2016 | 232 |
| 33 | The Food, Fuel, and Financial Crises Affect the Urban and Rural Poor Disproportionately: A Review of the Evidence, | Journal of Nutrition | 2010 | 224 |
| 34 | The Burden of Disease From Undernutrition and Overnutrition in Countries Undergoing Rapid Nutrition Transition: A View From Brazil | American Journal of Public Health | 2004 | 214 |
| 35 | Ultra-processed foods and added sugars in the Chilean diet (2010) | Public Health Nutrition | 2018 | 203 |
| 36 | The Impact of Transnational “Big Food” Companies on the South: A View from Brazil | PLoS Medicine | 2012 | 200 |
| 37 | Pooled analysis of recent studies on magnetic fields and childhood leukaemia | British Journal of Cancer | 2010 | 191 |
| 38 | Human papillomavirus as a prognostic factor in carcinoma of the penis | Cancer | 2001 | 185 |
| 39 | Population-based evidence of a strong decline in the prevalence of smokers in Brazil (1989-2003) | Bulletin of the World Health Organization | 2007 | 184 |
| 40 | Narrowing socioeconomic inequality in child stunting: the Brazilian experience, 1974–2007 | Bulletin of the World Health Organization | 2010 | 184 |
| 41 | Monitoring and benchmarking government policies and actions to improve the healthiness of food environments: a proposed Government Healthy Food Environment Policy Index | Obesity Reviews | 2013 | 181 |
| 42 | Processed and Ultra-processed Food Products: Consumption Trends in Canada from 1938 to 2011 | Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research | 2014 | 175 |
| 43 | Focus on Vitamin D, Inflammation and Type 2 Diabetes | Nutrients | 2012 | 168 |
| 44 | The Two-Way Polyphenols-Microbiota Interactions and Their Effects on Obesity and Related Metabolic Diseases | Frontiers in Nutrition | 2019 | 163 |
| 45 | Consumption of ultra-processed foods and obesity in Canada | Canadian Journal of Public Health | 2019 | 163 |
| 46 | Social and biological early life influences on severity of dental caries in children aged 6 years | Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology | 2005 | 156 |
| 47 | Global, regional, and national burdens of ischemic heart disease and stroke attributable to exposure to long working hours for 194 countries, 2000–2016: A systematic analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury | Environment International | 2021 | 155 |
| 48 | Silent dissemination of colistin-resistant Escherichia coli in South America could contribute to the global spread of the mcr-1 gene | Eurosurveillance | 2016 | 153 |
| 49 | Sarcopenia according to the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) versus dynapenia as a risk factor for mortality in the elderly | Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging | 2014 | 147 |
| 50 | Trends in Consumption of Ultraprocessed Foods Among US Youths Aged 2-19 Years, 1999-2018 | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2021 | 146 |
