Adults: Salty packaged snacks, instant noodles, or fast food consumption

Definition

Proportion of the population age 15 years and older who consumed salty packaged snacks, instant noodles, or fast food during the previous day or night.

Relevance

Salty packaged snacks, instant noodles, and fast food are ultraprocessed foods that typically have high calorie density, high sodium content, and often high fat and saturated fat content and thus should be limited. Excessive conusumption may increase the risk of overweight and obesity and diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Consumption of these foods is part of WHO and UNICEF's "Unhealthy food consumption" indicator for infants and young children.