Nutritional quality of food as represented by the FSAm-NPS nutrient profiling system underlying the Nutri-Score label and cancer risk in Europe: Results from the EPIC prospective cohort study

Deschasaux, Mélanie; Huybrechts, Inge; Murphy, Neil; Julia, Chantal; Hercberg, Serge; Srour, Bernard; Kesse-Guyot, Emmanuelle; Latino-Martel, Paule; Biessy, Carine; Casagrande, Corinne; Jenab, Mazda; Ward, Heather; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Dahm, Christina C; Overvad, Kim; Kyrø, Cecilie; Olsen, Anja; Affret, Aurélie; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Mahamat-Saleh, Yahya; Kaaks, Rudolf; Kühn, Tilman; Boeing, Heiner; Schwingshackl, Lukas; Bamia, Christina; Peppa, Eleni; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Masala, Giovanna; Krogh, Vittorio; Panico, Salvatore; Tumino, Rosario; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Bueno-de-Mesquita, Bas; Peeters, Petra H; Hjartåker, Anette; Rylander, Charlotta; Skeie, Guri; Ramón Quirós, J; Jakszyn, Paula; Salamanca-Fernández, Elena; Huerta, José María; Ardanaz, Eva; Amiano, Pilar; Ericson, Ulrika; Sonestedt, Emily; Huseinovic, Ena; Johansson, Ingegerd; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Wareham, Nick; Bradbury, Kathryn E; Perez-Cornago, Aurora; Tsilidis, Konstantinos K; Ferrari, Pietro; Riboli, Elio; Gunter, Marc J; Touvier, Mathilde

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002651

Helping consumers make healthier food choices is a key issue for the prevention of cancer and other diseases. In many countries, political authorities are considering the implementation of a simplified labelling system to reflect the nutritional quality of food products. The Nutri-Score, a five-colour nutrition label, is derived from the Nutrient Profiling System of the British Food Standards Agency (modified version) (FSAm-NPS). How the consumption of foods with high/low FSAm-NPS relates to cancer risk has been studied in national/regional cohorts but has not been characterized in diverse European populations.

Nutritional quality of food as represented by the FSAm-NPS nutrient profiling system underlying the Nutri-Score label and cancer risk in Europe: Results from the EPIC prospective cohort study / Deschasaux, Mélanie; Huybrechts, Inge; Murphy, Neil; Julia, Chantal; Hercberg, Serge; Srour, Bernard; Kesse-Guyot, Emmanuelle; Latino-Martel, Paule; Biessy, Carine; Casagrande, Corinne; Jenab, Mazda; Ward, Heather; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Dahm, Christina C; Overvad, Kim; Kyrø, Cecilie; Olsen, Anja; Affret, Aurélie; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Mahamat-Saleh, Yahya; Kaaks, Rudolf; Kühn, Tilman; Boeing, Heiner; Schwingshackl, Lukas; Bamia, Christina; Peppa, Eleni; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Masala, Giovanna; Krogh, Vittorio; Panico, Salvatore; Tumino, Rosario; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Bueno-de-Mesquita, Bas; Peeters, Petra H; Hjartåker, Anette; Rylander, Charlotta; Skeie, Guri; Ramón Quirós, J; Jakszyn, Paula; Salamanca-Fernández, Elena; Huerta, José María; Ardanaz, Eva; Amiano, Pilar; Ericson, Ulrika; Sonestedt, Emily; Huseinovic, Ena; Johansson, Ingegerd; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Wareham, Nick; Bradbury, Kathryn E; Perez-Cornago, Aurora; Tsilidis, Konstantinos K; Ferrari, Pietro; Riboli, Elio; Gunter, Marc J; Touvier, Mathilde. - In: PLOS MEDICINE. - ISSN 1549-1676. - 15:9(2018), p. e1002651. [10.1371/journal.pmed.1002651]