Geoffrey Cannon
Biographic Data
| ID | 3666844 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Geoffrey Cannon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Geoffrey |
| FAMILY NAME | Cannon |
| SIGNATURE | CANNON G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade de São Paulo |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 74 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 242 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 74 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
How to enhance the good health and well-being of Canadians
Diet-related diseases and disorders in Canada are a national public health emergency, now and as projected. One main reason is that the national food supply has become increasingly dominated by ultra-processed food and drink products, mostly snacks, that displace dietary patterns based on fresh meals. Policies and practices that will enhance the good health and well-being of Canadians of all ages, regions, classes, and social and ethnic groups, a…
Yes, Food Portion Sizes and People Have Become Bigger and Bigger. What Is to Be Done
Ultra-processed foods
The present commentary contains a clear and simple guide designed to identify ultra-processed foods. It responds to the growing interest in ultra-processed foods among policy makers, academic researchers, health professionals, journalists and consumers concerned to devise policies, investigate dietary patterns, advise people, prepare media coverage, and when buying food and checking labels in shops or at home. Ultra-processed foods are defined wi…
Ultra-processing. An odd ‘appraisal’
It is now generally agreed that the impact of the current nature, purpose and extent of food processing on human well-being, health and disease needs to be better understood and explained, in order to improve public health. The special issue of Public Health Nutrition devoted to the concept of ultra-processing of food, and the NOVA classification of which ultra-processed foods are one category, is a great step forward in this work. Coincidentally…
Household availability of ultra-processed foods and obesity in nineteen European countries
Objective To assess household availability of NOVA food groups in nineteen European countries and to analyse the association between availability of ultra-processed foods and prevalence of obesity. Design Ecological, cross-sectional study. Setting Europe. Subjects Estimates of ultra-processed foods calculated from national household budget surveys conducted between 1991 and 2008. Estimates of obesity prevalence obtained from national surveys unde…
The share of ultra-processed foods determines the overall nutritional quality of diets in Brazil
Objective To estimate the dietary share of ultra-processed foods and to determine its association with the overall nutritional quality of diets in Brazil. Design Cross-sectional. Setting Brazil. Subjects A representative sample of 32 898 Brazilians aged ≥10 years was studied. Food intake data were collected. We calculated the average dietary content of individual nutrients and compared them across quintiles of energy share of ultra-processed food…
The UN Decade of Nutrition, the Nova food classification and the trouble with ultra-processing
Given evident multiple threats to food systems and supplies, food security, human health and welfare, the living and physical world and the biosphere, the years 2016-2025 are now designated by the UN as the Decade of Nutrition, in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. For these initiatives to succeed, it is necessary to know which foods contribute to health and well-being, and which are unhealthy. The present commentary outlines the NO…
Consumption of ultra-processed foods and obesity in Brazilian adolescents and adults
Dietary guidelines to nourish humanity and the planet in the twenty-first century. A blueprint from Brazil
Objective To present and discuss the dietary guidelines issued by the Brazilian government in 2014. Design The present paper describes the aims of the guidelines, their shaping principles and the approach used in the development of recommendations. The main recommendations are outlined, their significance for the cultural, socio-economic and environmental aspects of sustainability is discussed, and their application to other countries is consider…
Calories do not add up
'A calorie is a calorie' is an ambiguous phrase. In one sense it is trivially true, as in Gertrude Stein's famous phrase, 'A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose'. In another sense it is obviously questionable, because it assumes no difference between the energy produced by burning food in a bomb calorimeter and that generated by metabolic processes. It also assumes that as far as effect on body weight is concerned, fat is bad because fat by itself…
Impact of ultra-processed foods on micronutrient content in the Brazilian diet
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of consuming ultra-processed foods on the micronutrient content of the Brazilian population’s diet. METHODS This cross-sectional study was performed using data on individual food consumption from a module of the 2008-2009 Brazilian Household Budget Survey. A representative sample of the Brazilian population aged 10 years or over was assessed (n = 32,898). Food consumption data were collected through two 24-hour fo…
Ultra-processed foods and the nutritional dietary profile in Brazil
OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of consuming ultra-processed foods on the nutritional dietary profile in Brazil.METHODS Cross-sectional study conducted with data from the module on individual food consumption from the 2008-2009 Pesquisa de Orçamentos Familiares (POF – Brazilian Family Budgets Survey). The sample, which represented the section of the Brazilian population aged 10 years or over, involved 32,898 individuals. Food consumption was evalu…
Ultra-Processed Food Products and Obesity in Brazilian Households (2008–2009)
BACKGROUND: Production and consumption of industrially processed food and drink products have risen in parallel with the global increase in overweight and obesity and related chronic non-communicable diseases. The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between household availability of processed and ultra-processed products and the prevalence of excess weight (overweight plus obesity) and obesity in Brazil. METHODS: The study was…
Food Classification Systems Based on Food Processing
Ultra‐processed products are becoming dominant in the global food system
The relationship between the global food system and the worldwide rapid increase of obesity and related diseases is not yet well understood. A reason is that the full impact of industrialized food processing on dietary patterns, including the environments of eating and drinking, remains overlooked and underestimated. Many forms of food processing are beneficial. But what is identified and defined here as ultra‐processing, a type of process that h…
International differences in cost and consumption of ready-to-consume food and drink products
This paper tests the hypothesis that one important factor determining household availability of ready-to-consume products is their cost relative to the rest of the diet. National food expenditure surveys in the UK (2008) and Brazil (2008-09) were used. Purchased food quantities were converted into dietary energy (calories) and classified into three groups: (1) foods that are unprocessed or minimally processed; (2) processed culinary ingredients; …
Consumption of ultra-processed foods and likely impact on human health. Evidence from Canada
Objective To investigate consumption of ultra-processed products in Canada and to assess their association with dietary quality. Design Application of a classification of foodstuffs based on the nature, extent and purpose of food processing to data from a national household food budget survey. Foods are classified as unprocessed/minimally processed foods (Group 1), processed culinary ingredients (Group 2) or ultra-processed products (Group 3). Se…
The Impact of Transnational “Big Food” Companies on the South
N Traditional long-established food systems and dietary patterns are being displaced in Brazil and in other countries in the South (Africa, Asia, and Latin America) by ultra-processed products made by transnational food corporations (''Big Food'' and ''Big Snack'').
World Food Summits
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Increasing consumption of ultra-processed foods and likely impact on human health
Objective To assess time trends in the contribution of processed foods to food purchases made by Brazilian households and to explore the potential impact on the overall quality of the diet. Design Application of a new classification of foodstuffs based on extent and purpose of food processing to data collected by comparable probabilistic household budget surveys. The classification assigns foodstuffs to the following groups: unprocessed/minimally…
Public Health Nutrition for this decade
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Climate change
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The Snack Attack
ARE THE TRANSNATIONAL food and drink manufacturing, catering, and allied industries—whose bottom lines depend on pathogenic products—really planning to help control and prevent worldwide public health calamities? This seems to be what Yach et al., who all work for PepsiCo, are suggesting. They claim support from other companies who they say have “a vital role to play alongside governments, nongovernmental organizations, and academics in addressin…
A new classification of foods based on the extent and purpose of their processing
This paper describes a new food classification which assigns foodstuffs according to the extent and purpose of the industrial processing applied to them. Three main groups are defined: unprocessed or minimally processed foods (group 1), processed culinary and food industry ingredients (group 2), and ultra-processed food products (group 3). The use of this classification is illustrated by applying it to data collected in the Brazilian Household Bu…
Out of the Box
For this and next month's
The UN Decade of Nutrition, the Nova food classification and the trouble with ultra-processing
Given evident multiple threats to food systems and supplies, food security, human health and welfare, the living and physical world and the biosphere, the years 2016-2025 are now designated by the UN as the Decade of Nutrition, in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. For these initiatives to succeed, it is necessary to know which foods contribute to health and well-being, and which are unhealthy. The present commentary outlines the NO…
A new classification of foods based on the extent and purpose of their processing
This paper describes a new food classification which assigns foodstuffs according to the extent and purpose of the industrial processing applied to them. Three main groups are defined: unprocessed or minimally processed foods (group 1), processed culinary and food industry ingredients (group 2), and ultra-processed food products (group 3). The use of this classification is illustrated by applying it to data collected in the Brazilian Household Bu…
Impact of ultra-processed foods on micronutrient content in the Brazilian diet
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of consuming ultra-processed foods on the micronutrient content of the Brazilian population’s diet. METHODS This cross-sectional study was performed using data on individual food consumption from a module of the 2008-2009 Brazilian Household Budget Survey. A representative sample of the Brazilian population aged 10 years or over was assessed (n = 32,898). Food consumption data were collected through two 24-hour fo…
Ultra-processed foods and the nutritional dietary profile in Brazil
OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of consuming ultra-processed foods on the nutritional dietary profile in Brazil.METHODS Cross-sectional study conducted with data from the module on individual food consumption from the 2008-2009 Pesquisa de Orçamentos Familiares (POF – Brazilian Family Budgets Survey). The sample, which represented the section of the Brazilian population aged 10 years or over, involved 32,898 individuals. Food consumption was evalu…
The Snack Attack
ARE THE TRANSNATIONAL food and drink manufacturing, catering, and allied industries—whose bottom lines depend on pathogenic products—really planning to help control and prevent worldwide public health calamities? This seems to be what Yach et al., who all work for PepsiCo, are suggesting. They claim support from other companies who they say have “a vital role to play alongside governments, nongovernmental organizations, and academics in addressin…
Análise das recomendações internacionais sobre o consumo de açúcares publicadas entre 1961 e 1991
Realizou-se levantamento das recomendações nutricionais sobre o consumo de açúcares contidas nas publicações especializadas em todo o mundo, nos últimos 30 anos. Objetivou-se investigar as recomendações sobre o consumo de açúcares e identificar qual orientação deveria ser dada ao público e autoridades competentes sobre os níveis ideais de açúcares na dieta compatíveis com uma boa saúde. As informações foram obtidas de 116 publicações elaboradas p…
Análise das recomendações internacionais sobre o consumo de açúcares publicadas entre 1961 e 1991
Realizou-se levantamento das recomendações nutricionais sobre o consumo de açúcares contidas nas publicações especializadas em todo o mundo, nos últimos 30 anos. Objetivou-se investigar as recomendações sobre o consumo de açúcares e identificar qual orientação deveria ser dada ao público e autoridades competentes sobre os níveis ideais de açúcares na dieta compatíveis com uma boa saúde. As informações foram obtidas de 116 publicações elaboradas p…
The big picture
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Out of the Box
This column is meant to combine news, views and ideas on nutrition and public health. I now live and work in Brazil, after knocking around the food and nutrition policy scene in the UK. I hope the column will become interactive
Out of the Box
Man is not a rat With reference to my last column 1 , John Garrow tells me that 'man is not a rat' is not his aphorism (Garrow J, personal communication). He attended a meeting in Paris in 1973 with the theme 'Energy balance and obesity in man'. The distinguished French chairman was blind, and successive speakers, whose papers concerned energy balance in laboratory rats, overran their scheduled times
Out of the Box
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Out of the Box
outrageous 'obituary' of David Horrobin. Second, the Alliance for People's Action on Nutrition critique of the new WHO global strategy for diet, physical activity and the prevention of chronic diseases is now posted on the WHO website 2
Out of the Box
This column comes from Chennai after the 30th session of the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN) held in March. The SCN (formerly the Administrative Coordinating Committee, Sub-Committee on Nutrition of the United Nations) is meant to co-ordinate the strategic thinking of all relevant UN organisations on global food and nutrition policy, working with governments in their role as bilateral partners, and with non-governmental scientific, profe…
Why the Bush administration and the global sugar industry are determined to demolish the 2004 WHO global strategy on diet, physical activity and health
Objective: To indicate why the world's most powerful nation state and one powerful sector of the food and drink production and manufacturing industry are determined to demolish the 2004 WHO (World Health Organization) global strategy on diet, physical activity and health, and to disassociate it from the 2003 WHO/FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) expert report on diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases, which with its backgrou…
Out of the Christmas Box
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How important is nutrition? Very, we may say. Naturally we want to believe that what we do matters, if only to avoid that sense of futility that can beset conscientious people 1 . But are we sure? And how important is nutrition within public health as a whole? Urbanisation At the 27th annual session of what is now the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition, held in April 2000 at the World Bank in Washington, I made an enthusiastic presentation saying…
Out of the Box
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This comes to you from the XIII Congress of the Latin American Nutrition Society (SLAN) in Acapulco. Well, I wish -but its five sizzling November days are done
Out of the Box
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This column includes a report on the coming reintroduction of nutrition standards for
Out of Africa Box
Semper Africa novi aliquid wrote Desidereus Erasmus, quoting Pliny the Elder quoting Aristotle. There are always new things coming out of
The new nutrition science project
Objective To show that nutrition science, with its application to food and nutrition policy, now needs a new conceptual framework. This will incorporate nutrition in its current definition as principally a biological science, now including nutritional aspects of genomics. It will also create new governing and guiding principles; specify a new definition; and add social and environmental dimensions and domains. Method A narrative review of nutriti…
Out of the Christmas Box
Out of the Christmas BoxAs I write, the shopping malls that service prosperous Brazilians are stocking up with sweltering Santas.Flyers for supermarkets are decorated with pictures of holly, fairy lights, balloons and Santas, and puff cut-price super-size Coke w , beer, Nestle Liquid Bliss w yoghurts, peaches in syrup, processed meats, biscoitos recheados (with creme fillings), Twix w , Snickers w and the everlasting chemical panetones that middl…
Out of the Box
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The principles, definition and dimensions of the new nutrition science
Objective To specify the principles, definition and dimensions of the new nutrition science. Purpose To identify nutrition, with its application in food and nutrition policy, as a science with great width and breadth of vision and scope, in order that it can fully contribute to the preservation, maintenance, development and sustenance of life on Earth. Method A brief overview shows that current conventional nutrition is defined as a biological sc…
Beginnings
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The rise and fall of dietetics and of nutrition science, 4000 BCE–2000 CE
Objective To outline the history of dietetics since its beginnings in recorded history, and of nutrition science in its first phase beginning in the mid-nineteenth century and then its second phase in the second half of the twentieth century. Method Three narrative overviews: of dietetics from its beginnings until after the end of the mediaeval and then Renaissance periods in Europe; of nutrition science in its first phase from its beginnings in …
Out of the Box
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Dimensions, domains and principles of the new nutrition science
Out of the BoxThe spiral motif on this page is the emblem of the new nutrition science.If you attended the 18th International Congress of Nutrition in Durban last month, or if you have a copy of the special September issue of this journal 1 , you will know why an organic shape, evoking movement on, around and up, represents our science, newly defined to work effectively in the 21st century.Its essence, stated in The Giessen Declaration 2 , is tha…
The Women's Health Initiative. What is on trial
The first results of the Women's Health Initiative dietary intervention trial were published in the USA in February. This is a colossal intervention designed to see if diets lower in fat and higher in fruits, vegetables and grains than is usual in high-income countries reduce the incidence of breast cancer, colorectal cancer, heart disease and other chronic diseases, in women aged 50–79 years. As interpreted by US government media releases, the r…
Out of the Box
My text for this and the next column, as for my two previous columns, is that part of The Giessen Declaration 1 concerning the general principles of the new nutrition science. It states: 'All sciences and all organised human activities are and should be guided by general principles. These should enable information and evidence to be translated into relevant, useful, sustainable and beneficial policies and programmes
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