Profiling ultra-processed foods in Thailand: sales trend, consumer expenditure and nutritional quality.
Sirinya PhulkerdNatjera ThongcharoenchupongSarah DickiePriscila MachadoJulie WoodsLadda Mo-SuwanPiyada PrasertsomChantana UngchusakChiraporn KhitdeeMark LawrencePublished in: Globalization and health (2023)
The findings suggest a need for regulatory and non-regulatory measures such as UPF taxation and marketing restrictions, and market incentives for producing non-UPFs. A system for regularly monitoring and evaluating healthiness (both nutritional and processing aspects) of food products, especially UPFs, is required.