Eurídice Martínez Steele

Biographic Data

ID1780311
NAMEEurídice Martínez Steele
GIVEN NAMESEurídice Martínez
FAMILY NAMESteele
SIGNATURESTEELE E M
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade de São Paulo
ORCID0000-0002-2907-3153
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS32
TOTAL CITATIONS49
WORKS AS AUTHOR32
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Linking food systems to food intake

    Open AccessFernanda Helena Marrocos-Leite, Giovanna Calixto Andrade et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2026

  • Associations between food insecurity and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participation with ultra-processed food acquisitions for home consumption in US households

    Open AccessAarohee P Fulay, Filippa Juul et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2026

    Objective: Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are shown to promote disease. Research shows high UPF intake with food insecurity and SNAP participation. However, no research has quantitatively examined UPF acquisitions (which includes purchases) by food insecurity and SNAP status in US households. This analysis examines food insecurity and SNAP participation with UPF acquisitions for home consumption. Design: Food insecurity was assessed through the ten…

  • Perceptions of Ultra-Processed Foods, Food Processing, and Food Healthfulness among a Cross-sectional National Sample of US Adults

    Open AccessAnna Claire Tucker, April Tucker et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2026

    Objective: There is growing public health interest in ultra-processed foods (UPF), but limited research exploring consumers’ perceptions of these foods in the United States. We aimed to characterize consumers’ beliefs about UPFs, the association between perceived food processing and perceived food healthfulness, and alignment between consumers’ perceptions and objective measures of food processing and healthfulness. Design: In a cross-sectional s…

  • Applying the Nova food classification to food product databases using discriminative ingredients

    Open AccessMariana Fagundes Grilo, Beatriz Silva Nunes et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Background: Growing interest in the Nova food classification system surged among various stakeholders, driven primarily by compelling evidence linking the consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) to negative health outcomes. This growing interest underscores the potential value of identifying clear markers to classify UPFs, particularly to support research and regulatory efforts. Objective: To propose replicable methods to identify UPFs, by te…

  • Consumption of ultra-processed foods by foreign-born adults rise with increased levels of acculturation in the United States

    Open AccessJennifer J Barb, Li Yang et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Objective Ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption has been linked to increased risks of negative health outcomes such as type 2 diabetes, obesity, and all-cause mortality. Some studies have shown an increase of UPF consumption with acculturation, whereas the influence of the Western diet on non-US born individuals is an area of increasing interest. The aim of this work was to investigate UPF consumption with an acculturation index and to assess wh…

  • Consumption of ultra-processed foods and female infertility

    Open AccessAdam T Evans, Snigdha Alur-Gupta et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Background: A high dietary consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPF) has been associated with abnormal semen analysis parameters in males; however, it is unclear whether there is an impact on female reproduction. The objective of this study is to assess whether high consumption of UPF is associated with female infertility. Methods: A cross-sectional analysis of females aged 18-45 years who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examin…

  • A novel FFQ for Brazilian adults based on the Nova classification system

    Open AccessEvelyn Oliveira da Silva Frade, Kamila Tiemann Gabe et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2025

    Objective: To describe the development and validation of the Nova FFQ (NovaFFQ) for Brazilian adults. Design: The NovaFFQ is a self-administered, semi-quantitative questionnaire. The food list includes the most consumed foods and drinks based on 2017–2018 National Food Intake Survey data. We identified and differentiated foods that could be classified into multiple Nova groups. We assessed reproducibility and criterion validity using the percent …

  • Description and performance of two diet quality scores based on the Nova classification

    Open AccessCaroline Santos Costa, Francine Silva Dos Santos et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2024

    OBJECTIVE: To describe two low-burden diet quality scores and evaluate their performance in reflecting the dietary share of the least and most processed foods defined within the Nova food system classification.METHODS: This cross-sectional study included data from the NutriNet-Brasil cohort. Participants answered the Nova24hScreener, a 3-minute self-administered questionnaire measuring the consumption of a set of foods on the day before. Food ite…

  • A novel web-based 24-h dietary recall tool in line with the Nova food processing classification

    Open AccessDemetrio Neri, Kamila Tiemann Gabe et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2023

    Objective: This paper describes the first web-based self-completed 24-h recall designed to categorise food intake according to Nova groups – Nova24h – and its agreement with a reference tool in estimating the dietary relative contribution of the four Nova food groups (% of total energy intake). Design: Comparisons of estimates of dietary relative contributions of Nova groups obtained by Nova24h and one standard interviewer-led 24-h recall. Settin…

  • Nova diet quality scores and risk of weight gain in the NutriNet-Brasil cohort study

    Open AccessFrancine Silva Dos Santos, Eurídice Martínez Steele et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2023

    Objective: To assess the prospective association of two diet quality scores based on the Nova food classification with BMI gain. Design: The NutriNet-Brasil cohort is an ongoing web-based prospective study with continuous recruitment of participants aged ≥ 18 years since January 2020. A short 24-h dietary recall screener including ‘yes/no’ questions about the consumption of whole plant foods (WPF) and ultra-processed foods (UPF) was completed by …

  • Ultra-processed food intake and diet carbon and water footprints

    Open AccessJosefa Maria Fellegger Garzillo, Vanessa Fadanelli Schoenardie Poli et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2022

    OBJECTIVE: To study the association between ultra-processed food consumption and carbon and water footprints of the Brazilian diet. METHODS: Cross-sectional analysis on data collected in 2008-9 on a probabilistic sample of the Brazilian population aged ≥ 10 years (n = 32,886). Individual food intake was assessed using two food records. The environmental impact of individual diets was calculated by multiplying the amount of each food by coefficien…

  • Consumo alimentar no Brasil

    Open AccessJosefa Maria Fellegger Garzillo, Vanessa Fadanelli Schoenardie Poli et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2022

    OBJETIVO: Estimar o consumo de carne bovina e a sua influência nas pegadas de carbono e na pegada hídrica, bem como mesurar a qualidade nutricional da dieta no Brasil. MÉTODOS: A quantidade consumida de carne bovina e dos demais alimentos foi avaliada por dois registros alimentares de 24 horas em amostra representativa da população brasileira ≥ 10 anos de idade (n = 32.853) entre 2008 e 2009. O impacto ambiental da dieta considerou os coeficiente…

  • Cross-sectional examination of ultra-processed food consumption and adverse mental health symptoms

    Open AccessEric M Hecht, Anna Rabil et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2022

    Objective: To explore whether individuals who consume higher amounts of ultra-processed food (UPF) have more adverse mental health symptoms. Design: Using a cross-sectional design, we measured the consumption of UPF as a percentage of total energy intake in kilo-calories using the NOVA food classification system. We explored whether individuals who consume higher amounts of UPF were more likely to report mild depression, more mentally unhealthy d…

  • Score of ultra-processed food consumption and its association with sociodemographic factors in the Brazilian National Health Survey, 2019

    Open AccessCaroline Santos Costa, Eurídice Martínez Steele et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2022References: 23

    This is a cross-sectional population-based study that describes the score of ultra-processed food consumption, applied in the Brazilian National Health Survey performed in 2019, and its association with sociodemographic factors in Brazilian adults (18 years or older). The score of ultra-processed food consumption was calculated by adding up the positive answers about the consumption on the previous day of 10 subgroups of ultra-processed foods fre…

  • Escore Nova de consumo de alimentos ultraprocessados

    Open AccessCaroline Santos Costa, Fernanda Rocha De Faria et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2021

    OBJETIVO Descrever o escore Nova de consumo de alimentos ultraprocessados e avaliar seu potencial para refletir, no contexto brasileiro, a participação desses alimentos na dieta. MÉTODOS Estudo realizado na cidade de São Paulo com amostra de conveniência de 300 adultos, que responderam, em cerca de três minutos, em um tablet, a um questionário eletrônico de autorrelato sobre o consumo, no dia anterior, de 23 subgrupos de alimentos ultraprocessado…

  • Pegada de carbono da dieta no Brasil

    Open AccessJosefa Maria Fellegger Garzillo, Priscila Pereira Machado et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2021

    OBJETIVO: Estimar a pegada de carbono da dieta brasileira e de estratos sociodemográficos dessa população. MÉTODOS: A pegada de carbono da dieta foi estimada com base nos dados de dois registros alimentares de 24 horas, obtidos em 2008 e 2009, de uma amostra probabilística da população brasileira com 10 ou mais anos de idade (n = 34.003) e em coeficientes de impacto ambiental de alimentos e preparações culinárias consumidos no Brasil (gCO2e/kg). …

  • Consumo de alimentos ultraprocessados e associação com fatores sociodemográficos na população adulta das 27 capitais brasileiras (2019)

    Open AccessCaroline Santos Costa, Isabela Fleury Sattamini et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2021

    OBJETIVO: Descrever a magnitude do consumo de alimentos ultraprocessados na população adulta (≥ 18 anos) das capitais das 27 unidades federativas do Brasil e sua associação com variáveis sociodemográficas. MÉTODOS: Os dados utilizados neste estudo provêm dos participantes (n = 52.443) da onda 2019 do inquérito anual do “Sistema nacional de vigilância de fatores de risco e proteção para doenças crônicas por inquérito telefônico” (Vigitel). O consu…

  • Mudanças no peso corporal na coorte NutriNet Brasil durante a pandemia de covid-19

    Open AccessCaroline Santos Costa, Eurídice Martínez Steele et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2021

    Este estudo descreve modificações no peso corporal de participantes da coorte NutriNet Brasil (n = 14.259) ocorridas durante a pandemia de covid-19. Foram analisados dados informados em período anterior ao início da pandemia (26/01/2020 a 18/03/2020) e cerca de 6 meses após (14/09/2020 a 19/10/2020). O ganho de peso ≥ 2 kg alcançou 19,7% dos participantes, mostrando-se diretamente associado ao sexo masculino, à menor escolaridade e à presença pré…

  • Mudanças alimentares na coorte NutriNet Brasil durante a pandemia de covid-19

    Open AccessEurídice Martínez Steele, Fernanda Rauber et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2020

    OBJETIVO Descrever características da alimentação dos participantes da coorte NutriNet Brasil imediatamente antes e na vigência da pandemia de covid-19. MÉTODOS Os dados deste estudo provêm de coorte de adultos criada para investigar prospectivamente a relação entre alimentação e morbimortalidade por doenças crônicas não transmissíveis no Brasil. Para este estudo, foram selecionados os primeiros participantes (n = 10.116) que responderam por duas…

  • Processing level and diet quality of the US grocery cart

    Open AccessFilippa Juul, Bárbara Dos Santos Simões et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2019

    Objective: The majority of groceries purchased by US households are industrially processed, yet it is unclear how processing level influences diet quality. We sought to determine if processing level is associated with diet quality of grocery purchases. Design: We analysed grocery purchasing data from the National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey 2012–2013. Household grocery purchases were categorized by the NOVA framework as minimal…

  • Ultra-processed foods

    Open AccessCarlos Augusto Monteiro, Geoffrey Cannon et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2019

    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…

  • Consumption of ultra-processed foods and associated sociodemographic factors in the USA between 2007 and 2012

    Open AccessLarissa Galastri Baraldi, Eurídice Martínez Steele et al.ARTICLEBMJ Open2018

    OBJECTIVES: To compare ultra-processed food consumption across sociodemographic groups and over time (2007-2008, 2009-2010, 2011-2012) in the USA. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007-2012. PARTICIPANTS: All individuals aged ≥2 years with at least one 24-hour dietary recall were included (n=23 847). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Average dietary contribution of ultra-processed foods (expre…

  • Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases-Related Dietary Nutrient Profile in the UK (2008–2014)

    Open AccessFernanda Rauber, Maria Laura Da Costa Louzada et al.ARTICLENutrients2018

    We described the contribution of ultra-processed foods in the U.K. diet and its association with the overall dietary content of nutrients known to affect the risk of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Cross-sectional data from the U.K. National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2008–2014) were analysed. Food items collected using a four-day food diary were classified according to the NOVA system. The average energy intake was 1764 kcal/day, with …

  • Ultra-processed foods and added sugars in the Chilean diet (2010)

    Open AccessGustavo Cediel, Marcela Reyes et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2018

    Objective To assess the consumption of ultra-processed foods and analyse its association with the content of added sugars in the Chilean diet. Design Cross-sectional study of national dietary data obtained through 24 h recalls and classified into food groups according to the extent and purpose of food processing (NOVA classification). Setting Chile. Subjects A probabilistic sample of 4920 individuals (aged 2 years or above) studied in 2010 by a n…

  • The share of ultra-processed foods determines the overall nutritional quality of diets in Brazil

    Open AccessMaria Laura Da Costa Louzada, Camila Zancheta Ricardo et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2018

    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…