% IMPORTANT: The following is UTF-8 encoded. This means that in the presence % of non-ASCII characters, it will not work with BibTeX 0.99 or older. % Instead, you should use an up-to-date BibTeX implementation like “bibtex8” or % “biber”. @ARTICLE{Deschasaux:140839, author = {M. Deschasaux and I. Huybrechts and N. Murphy and C. Julia and S. Hercberg and B. Srour and E. Kesse-Guyot and P. Latino-Martel and C. Biessy and C. Casagrande and M. Jenab and H. Ward and E. Weiderpass and C. C. Dahm and K. Overvad and C. Kyrø and A. Olsen and A. Affret and M.-C. Boutron-Ruault and Y. Mahamat-Saleh and R. Kaaks$^*$ and T. Kühn$^*$ and H. Boeing and L. Schwingshackl and C. Bamia and E. Peppa and A. Trichopoulou and G. Masala and V. Krogh and S. Panico and R. Tumino and C. Sacerdote and B. Bueno-de-Mesquita and P. H. Peeters and A. Hjartåker and C. Rylander and G. Skeie and J. Ramón Quirós and P. Jakszyn and E. Salamanca-Fernández and J. M. Huerta and E. Ardanaz and P. Amiano and U. Ericson and E. Sonestedt and E. Huseinovic and I. Johansson and K.-T. Khaw and N. Wareham and K. E. Bradbury and A. Perez-Cornago and K. K. Tsilidis and P. Ferrari and E. Riboli and M. J. Gunter and M. Touvier}, title = {{N}utritional quality of food as represented by the {FSA}m-{NPS} nutrient profiling system underlying the {N}utri-{S}core label and cancer risk in {E}urope: {R}esults from the {EPIC} prospective cohort study.}, journal = {PLoS medicine}, volume = {15}, number = {9}, issn = {1549-1676}, address = {Lawrence, Kan.}, publisher = {PLoS}, reportid = {DKFZ-2018-01594}, pages = {e1002651 -}, year = {2018}, abstract = {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.This prospective analysis included 471,495 adults from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC, 1992-2014, median follow-up: 15.3 y), among whom there were 49,794 incident cancer cases (main locations: breast, n = 12,063; prostate, n = 6,745; colon-rectum, n = 5,806). Usual food intakes were assessed with standardized country-specific diet assessment methods. The FSAm-NPS was calculated for each food/beverage using their 100-g content in energy, sugar, saturated fatty acid, sodium, fibres, proteins, and fruits/vegetables/legumes/nuts. The FSAm-NPS scores of all food items usually consumed by a participant were averaged to obtain the individual FSAm-NPS Dietary Index (DI) scores. Multi-adjusted Cox proportional hazards models were computed. A higher FSAm-NPS DI score, reflecting a lower nutritional quality of the food consumed, was associated with a higher risk of total cancer (HRQ5 versus Q1 = 1.07; $95\%$ CI 1.03-1.10, P-trend < 0.001). Absolute cancer rates in those with high and low (quintiles 5 and 1) FSAm-NPS DI scores were 81.4 and 69.5 cases/10,000 person-years, respectively. Higher FSAm-NPS DI scores were specifically associated with higher risks of cancers of the colon-rectum, upper aerodigestive tract and stomach, lung for men, and liver and postmenopausal breast for women (all P < 0.05). The main study limitation is that it was based on an observational cohort using self-reported dietary data obtained through a single baseline food frequency questionnaire; thus, exposure misclassification and residual confounding cannot be ruled out.In this large multinational European cohort, the consumption of food products with a higher FSAm-NPS score (lower nutritional quality) was associated with a higher risk of cancer. This supports the relevance of the FSAm-NPS as underlying nutrient profiling system for front-of-pack nutrition labels, as well as for other public health nutritional measures.}, cin = {C020}, ddc = {610}, cid = {I:(DE-He78)C020-20160331}, pnm = {313 - Cancer risk factors and prevention (POF3-313)}, pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-313}, typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16}, pubmed = {pmid:30226842}, pmc = {pmc:PMC6143197}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pmed.1002651}, url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/140839}, }