Brazilian Food Guide attacked. Now, overwhelming support for the Guide in Brazil and worldwide

  • Carlos Augusto Monteiro
  • Patrícia Constante Jaime
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26596/wn.202011494-99
Keywords: ultra-processed food, food processing, food classification, food guide, NOVA, Brazil, food industry

Abstract

The present commentary summarizes the attacks to the Dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian Population from ultra-processed food manufacturers and the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA). After MAPA issued a technical note calling on the Ministry of Health urgently to review the Guide by cutting out its recommendation to avoid consumption of ultra-processed food products, without citing scientific evidence, a wide group of scholars confirmed that the note had no valid foundation.

Author Biographies

Carlos Augusto Monteiro

Coordinator of Nupens/USP and full professor of the Department of Nutrition of the School of Public Health of USP

Patrícia Constante Jaime

Deputy scientific coordinator of Nupens/USP and full professor of the Department of Nutrition of the School of Public Health of USP

Published
2020-12-30
Issue
Vol 11 No 4 (2020)
Section
Commentaries
Copyright (c) 2020 Carlos Augusto Monteiro, Patrícia Constante Jaime

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