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Carlos Augusto Monteiro

Carlos Augusto Monteiro

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Social Sciences and Humanities
Brazil
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
112
Citations
59169
World Ranking
43
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Carlos Augusto Monteiro is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research spans multiple fields including Environmental Science and Medicine, with a focus on subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Political Science and International Relations, General Health Professions, and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality.

The main research topics covered by Monteiro's work include Climate Change and Health Impacts, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Nuclear Issues and Defense, Nuclear and Radioactivity Studies, Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling, Global Health Care Issues, and Nutritional Studies and Diet.

Among the recent papers authored by Monteiro, the following are notable:

  • Socioeconomic status and obesity in adult populations of developing countries: A review (2020), UNC Libraries

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Monteiro include:

  • Peush Sahni
  • Richard Horton
  • Eric J. Rubin
  • Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert
  • Thomas Benfield

Monteiro has published extensively in several venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Revista de Saúde Pública
  • PubMed
  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMJ

The scientist has also contributed to book publications, including the title "Footprints of foods and culinary preparations consumed in Brazil" (2020), published by Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Saúde Pública eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Ultra-processed foods: what they are and how to identify them

    Carlos Augusto Monteiro;Geoffrey Cannon;Renata B Levy;Jean-Claude Moubarac

  • Chronic non-communicable diseases in Brazil: burden and current challenges.

    Maria Inês Schmidt;Bruce Bartholow Duncan;Gulnar Azevedo e Silva;Ana Maria Menezes

  • Trends of obesity and underweight in older children and adolescents in the United States, Brazil, China, and Russia

    Youfa Wang;Carlos E.S. Monteiro;Barry M. Popkin

  • The UN Decade of Nutrition, the NOVA food classification and the trouble with ultra-processing.

    Carlos Augusto Monteiro;Geoffrey Cannon;Jean-Claude Moubarac;Renata Bertazzi Levy

  • Ultra‐processed products are becoming dominant in the global food system

    C. A. Monteiro;J. C. Moubarac;G. Cannon;Shu Wen W Ng

  • Profits and pandemics: prevention of harmful effects of tobacco, alcohol, and ultra-processed food and drink industries

    Rob Moodie;David Stuckler;Carlos Monteiro;Nick Sheron

  • Socioeconomic status and obesity in adult populations of developing countries: a review.

    Carlos A. Monteiro;Erly C. Moura;Wolney L. Conde;Barry M. Popkin

  • Maternal and child health in Brazil: progress and challenges

    César Gomes Victora;Estela Maria Motta Lima Leão de Aquino;Maria do Carmo Leal;Carlos Augusto Monteiro

  • Increasing consumption of ultra-processed foods and likely impact on human health: evidence from Brazil.

    Carlos Augusto Monteiro;Renata Bertazzi Levy;Rafael Moreira Claro;Inês Rugani Ribeiro de Castro

  • A new classification of foods based on the extent and purpose of their processing

    Carlos Augusto Monteiro;Renata Bertazzi Levy;Rafael Moreira Claro;Inês Rugani Ribeiro de Castro

  • Consumption of ultra-processed foods and cancer risk: results from NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort

    Thibault Fiolet;Bernard Srour;Laury Sellem;Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot

  • The worldwide magnitude of protein-energy malnutrition: an overview from the WHO Global Database on Child Growth.

    de Onís M;Monteiro C;Akré J;Glugston G

  • Ultra-processed foods and added sugars in the US diet: evidence from a nationally representative cross-sectional study

    Eurídice Martínez Steele;Larissa Galastri Baraldi;Maria Laura da Costa Louzada;Jean Claude Moubarac

  • Nutrition and health. The issue is not food, nor nutrients, so much as processing.

    Carlos Augusto Monteiro

  • NOVA. The star shines bright

    Carlos A Monteiro;Geoffrey Cannon;Renata Levy;Jean-Claude Moubarac

  • The dual burden household and the nutrition transition paradox

    Colleen M. Doak;Linda S. Adair;M Bentley;Carlos Augusto Monteiro

  • Consumption of ultra-processed foods and obesity in Brazilian adolescents and adults.

    Maria Laura da Costa Louzada;Larissa Galastri Baraldi;Euridice Martinez Steele;Ana Paula Bortoletto Martins

  • Overweight exceeds underweight among women in most developing countries

    Michelle A Mendez;Carlos A Monteiro;Barry M Popkin

  • INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support): overview and key principles

    Boyd Swinburn;Boyd Swinburn;Gary Sacks;Stefanie Vandevijvere;Shiriki Kumanyika

  • Doenças crônicas não transmissíveis no Brasil: carga e desafios atuais

    Maria Inês Schmidt;Bruce Bartholow Duncan;Gulnar Azevedo e Silva Mendonça;Ana Maria Baptista Menezes

  • Ultra-processed food intake and risk of cardiovascular disease: prospective cohort study (NutriNet-Santé)

    Bernard Srour;Léopold K Fezeu;Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot;Benjamin Allès

  • Disponibilidade domiciliar de alimentos no Brasil: distribuição e evolução (1974-2003)

    Renata Bertazzi Levy-Costa;Rosely Sichieri;Nézio dos Santos Pontes;Carlos Augusto Monteiro

Frequent Co-Authors

Renata Bertazzi Levy
Renata Bertazzi Levy Universidade de São Paulo
Wendy Snowdon
Wendy Snowdon Deakin University
David Sanders
David Sanders University of the Western Cape
Stefanie Vandevijvere
Stefanie Vandevijvere University of Auckland
Bridget Kelly
Bridget Kelly University of Wollongong
Gary Sacks
Gary Sacks Deakin University
Sharon Friel
Sharon Friel Australian National University
Corinna Hawkes
Corinna Hawkes City, University of London
Diana C. Parra
Diana C. Parra Washington University in St. Louis
Deborah Carvalho Malta
Deborah Carvalho Malta Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

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