Ultra-processed food consumption and the risk of overweight and obesity in adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Mekuriaw Nibret Aweke ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mekunib@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Human Nutrition, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7152-6435

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• Habtamu Wagnew Abuhay,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Miteku Andualem Limenih,

  Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Anas Ali Alhur,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

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• Nebebe Demis Baykemagn,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Informatics, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9403-6915

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• Gebrie Getu Alemu,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9451-2128

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• Makda Fekadie Tewelgne,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Informatics, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Tirualem Zeleke Yehuala

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Informatics, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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