World's Largest Review Links Ultra-Processed Foods to Harm in Every Major Organ System
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Summary
A comprehensive scientific review, the world's largest on ultra-processed foods (UPFs), finds they are linked to harm in every major organ system and pose a significant global health threat. The research associates UPF consumption with increased risks of numerous health conditions including obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and depression. The review highlights how UPFs are rapidly displacing fresh foods worldwide, driven by corporate profit motives and aggressive marketing tactics that hinder regulation and scientific debate.
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UPF is also rapidly displacing fresh food in the diets of children and adults on every continent, and is associated with an increased risk of a dozen health conditions, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and depression.
The sharp rise in UPF intake worldwide is being spurred by profit-driven corporations using a range of aggressive tactics to drive consumption, skewer scientific debate and prevent regulation.
World’s largest scientific review warns consumption of UPFs poses seismic threat to global health and wellbeing
