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Adherence to a diet characterized by high Food Compass 2.0 scores (indicating encouragement of minimally processed foods, legumes, nuts, and seafood, and minimization of ultra-processed foods, added sugars, and artificial additives) is associated with significantly lower risks of cardiovascular disease, cancer, lung disease, metabolic syndrome, and all-cause mortality.
Use the Food Compass 2.0 framework to guide your food choices: prioritize foods scoring 70+ (like seafood, legumes, nuts, vegetables, and fruits), consume foods scoring 31-69 (like meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy) in moderation, and minimize foods scoring 30 or below (like sugary beverages, processed cereals, and many snacks). This approach focuses on nutrient density, fiber, and minimizing added sugars and artificial additives, rather than just avoiding 'processed' foods.
After multivariable adjustment, each 1 s.d. (10.8 points) higher i.FCS was associated with... a lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome (odds ratio (OR), 0.86; 95% CI, 0.83, 0.89), cardiovascular disease (OR, 0.92; 95% CI, 0.88, 0.96), cancer (OR, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.89, 0.98) and lung disease (OR, 0.90; 95% CI, 0.87, 0.94)... The updated i.FCS also associated with lower all-cause mortality (per 1 s.d., hazard ratio, 0.92; 95% CI, 0.88, 0.95) and with a 24% lower risk in the highest i.FCS quintile versus the lowest (hazard ratio, 0.76; 95% CI, 0.68, 0.84)
Why this rating
Large-scale prospective observational study (n=47,099) with robust multivariable adjustment and validation against health outcomes, though not a randomized controlled trial.
Source
Food Compass 2.0 is an improved nutrient profiling system to characterize healthfulness of foods and beverages
Eden M. Barrett et al. · Nature Food · 2024
DOI 10.1038/s43016-024-01053-3
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