The development of a nutrient profiling model assessing healthfulness of packaged foods for adults in the low-income context of South Africa
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Date
2022
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
South Africa is facing high, and increasing levels of overweight, obesity and nutritionrelated
non-communicable diseases. These conditions have been linked to poor health outcomes that
disproportionately affect the poorest, and place an undue burden on the health system and South
African economy. The proliferation of ultra-processed products (UPPs) is in part to blame for this. To assess dietary intake and UPP consumption amongst low-income adults in South Africa,
and to develop and test a nutrient profiling model (NPM) assessing healthfulness of foods available
and consumed by adults in the low-income context of South Africa to the extent that it provides the
potential to underpin a front-of-package warning label system.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD
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Diet, Food policy, Obesity, Nutrition, Public health, South Africa