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Recently, researches of the University of São Paulo, Brazil, pro- the University of São Paulo, Brazil, proposed NOVA, a food classification that makes important the extension and the purpose of the kind of processing the food before it is consumed by people. In this classification, food is ranked in four groups: 1 – in natura food or slightly processed food; 2 – processed culinary ingredients; 3 – processed food; 4 – overprocessed food. Studies from many countries using as data researches on food purchasing, surveys on individual consumption and supermarket products analysis showed that overprocessed food present a greater amount of energetic density, sugar, total, saturated and trans fat and an inferior amount of fibers, vitamins and minerals than the other food group. Studies performed in Brazil show significant association among the consumption of overprocessed food and metabolic syndrome in teenagers, dyslipidemia in children and obesity in all ages. Facing obesity and non-transmissible chronic diseases requires actions that stop the replacing of in natura or slightly processed food and its culinary cooking for overprocessed food. The evidences and considerations stated above have implications for the monitoring of the pattern food consumption of the population and for the creation of public policy.
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