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Examining the NOVA Food Classification System and the Healthfulness of Ultra-Processed Foods
NOVA is not an acronym, but rather the name for the system developed by the Center for Epidemiological Studies in Health and Nutrition, School of Public Health at the University of São Paulo in Brazil. The NOVA system has four groups of processed foods, with group 1 being the least processed and group 4 being the most processed.
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