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- Are Ultra-Processed Foods All That Unhealthy? https://www.openmindmag.org/articles/the-processed-food-fight 105 comments
- How to tell if food is ultra-processed https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/is-that-food-ultra-processed-how-to-tell-5bf8db05 3 comments
- What Happens When You Eat Mostly Ultra-Processed Foods for a Month https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/heres-happens-eat-mostly-ultra-processed-foods-month/ 2 comments
- Ultra-processed foods: largest ever review shows many ill effects on health https://theconversation.com/ultra-processed-foods-largest-ever-review-shows-many-ill-effects-on-health-how-to-understand-the-evidence-224806 33 comments
- Ultra-processed food linked to early death BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48446924 33 comments worldnews
- Ultra-processed foods 'linked to cancer' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43064290 122 comments worldnews
- Ultra-processed foods are not more appealing, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/27/ultra-processed-foods-are-not-more-appealing-study-finds 11 comments health
- 'Ultra-Processed' Foods Could Accelerate Biological Aging, Study Finds https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article-abstract/111/6/1259/5824715 33 comments science
- How ultra-processed food affects our mental health https://interestingengineering.com/health/how-ultra-processed-food-affects-our-mental-health 10 comments health
- Ultra-processed foods damaging immune system's ability to fight cancer https://www.newsweek.com/upfs-immune-system-cancer-2002613 3 comments health
- Ultra-processed foods as addictive as tobacco, warns study https://www.foodingredientsfirst.com/news/ultra-processed-foods-as-addictive-as-tobacco-warns-study.html 100 comments science
- Ultra-processed foods and the corporate capture of nutrition—an essay by Gyorgy Scrinis https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4601?fbclid=IwAR3dBS5J1JhQfpk6dysRnF5dwYBD0f__w1iPovViDQPWUGXHCk8kQhDTNCU 51 comments truereddit
- Eating a lot of ultra-processed foods linked to poor health and death https://www.euronews.com/health/2025/03/11/youre-more-likely-to-die-from-these-health-issues-if-you-eat-a-lot-of-ultra-processed-food 31 comments health
- Ultra-processed food targets bone quality via endochondral ossification https://www.nature.com/articles/s41413-020-00127-9 21 comments science
- Ultra-processed foods linked to memory and thinking problems: study https://ottawacitizen.com/news/science/ultra-processed-foods-memory-thinking-problems 17 comments health
- Eating more ultra-processed foods associated with increased risk of dementia, study shows https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/959815 7 comments science
- Average UK school meals mostly made of ultra-processed foods | Food https://www.theguardian.com/food/2022/jul/20/average-uk-school-meals-mostly-made-of-ultra-processed-foods 14 comments worldnews
- A clinical study showed that patients who consumed only ultra-processed foods ate on average 500 more calories/day compared to patients who consumed an un-processed diet even when the two diets were matched for presented calories, sugar, fat, fiber, and macronutrients. https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/fulltext/s1550-4131(19)30248-7 8 comments science
- Spanish study finds association between ultra-processed food consumption and the risk of depression (n=14'907) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00394-019-01970-1 11 comments science
- It's Not Just Salt, Sugar, Fat: Study Finds Ultra-Processed Foods Drive Weight Gain https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/05/16/723693839/its-not-just-salt-sugar-fat-study-finds-ultra-processed-foods-drive-weight-gain?utm_source=pocket-newtab 6 comments science
- NIH study finds that "eating a diet made up of ultra-processed foods actually drives people to overeat and gain weight compared with a diet made up of whole or minimally processed foods." https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/05/16/723693839/its-not-just-salt-sugar-fat-study-finds-ultra-processed-foods-drive-weight-gain 3 comments science
- NIH study finds that "eating a diet made up of ultra-processed foods actually drives people to overeat and gain weight compared with a diet made up of whole or minimally processed foods." https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/05/16/723693839/its-not-just-salt-sugar-fat-study-finds-ultra-processed-foods-drive-weight-gain 7 comments science
- Senators grill FDA on ultra-processed food, a key part of RFK Jr.’s health agenda https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/12/05/ultra-processed-food-fda-rfk-jr/ 31 comments politics
- Ultra-processed foods - such as chicken nuggets, ice cream and breakfast cereals - have been linked to early death and poor health, scientists say. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-48446924 148 comments science
- Ultra-processed foods are packed with additives and emulsifiers that strip food of healthy nutrients. Hundreds of novel ingredients never encountered by human physiology are now found in nearly 60 percent of the average adult’s diet and nearly 70 percent of children’s diets in the United States. https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/ultraprocessed-foods-silent-killer#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThose%20of%20us%20practicing%20medicine,program%20director%20for%20the%20internal 344 comments science
- People have a 12% higher risk of heart disease and 62% higher risk of death for every 10% increase in ultra-processed foods (pizza, French fries, potato chips) in their diets. It "might be a beginning of a public health problem" https://www.inverse.com/article/56259-processed-foods-public-health-threats 24 comments science
- Half of all the food bought by families in the UK is now “ultra-processed”, made in a factory with industrial ingredients and additives invented by food technologists and bearing little resemblance to the fruit, vegetables, meat or fish used to cook a fresh meal at home. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/02/ultra-processed-products-now-half-of-all-uk-family-food-purchases 270 comments worldnews
- 'Ultra-processed' products now half of all UK family food purchases - health experts warn increasing popularity of industrially-made food will lead to negative effects such as obesity and poor health https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/02/ultra-processed-products-now-half-of-all-uk-family-food-purchases 17 comments worldnews
- Eating more ultra-processed foods (UPFs) may be associated with a higher risk of developing cancers of upper aerodigestive tract (including the mouth, throat and oesophagus), according to study https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00394-023-03270-1 2 comments science
- Ultra-processed foods are fundamentally unsustainable products; they have been associated with poor health and social outcomes and require finite environmental resources for their production. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959652622027445 90 comments science
- Ultra-processed foods bad for health , but are half of average U.S. diet. Higher consumption of processed foods is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death, according to a new study, and yet they account for 58% of calories in a U.S. diet. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/acoc-ufa031821.php 42 comments science
- Researchers found that higher intake of ultra-processed food was associated with a higher risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In contrast, intakes of white meat, red meat, dairy, starch, and fruit, vegetables, and legumes (such as peas, beans and lentils) were not associated with IBD. https://www.bmj.com/company/newsroom/ultra-processed-food-linked-to-higher-risk-of-ibd/ 10 comments science
- Processed Foods Fay Be Addictive. The study shows that “ultra-processed” foods may actually have something habit-forming in them, pushing people to overeat and gain more weight than those on a whole food https://www.cengnews.com/news/processed-foods-fay-be-addictive-2375.html 3 comments science
- Eating ultra-processed foods puts your liver at risk. Research found UPF consumption can elevate the risks of NAFLD, hepatic cirrhosis or fibrosis, severe hepatic illnesses, and alter serological biomarkers https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000291652366188X 53 comments futurology
- Eating ultra-processed foods puts your liver at risk. Research found UPF consumption can elevate the risks of NAFLD, hepatic cirrhosis or fibrosis, severe hepatic illnesses, and alter serological biomarkers https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S000291652366188X 78 comments science
- Research links diet to surging depression rates. Individuals who consumed the highest quartile of ultra-processed food adjusted for energy had a 1.14-fold higher likelihood of experiencing elevated psychological distress as compared to those who consumed the lowest quartile. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165032723006092?via%3Dihub= 128 comments science
- Adolescents in the UK get nearly two-thirds of their daily calories from ultra-processed foods, or UPFs, with consumption highest among those from deprived backgrounds, finds a new study in the European Journal of Nutrition. https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/17/uk-adolescents-get-two-thirds-of-daily-calories-from-upfs-says-survey 143 comments science
- Ultra-processed foods are not more appealing, new study finds. Results challenge assumption we eat highly processed foods because they are more desirable. Foods tasting more intense (mainly related to the level of sweetness and saltiness), were more liked and desired. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/27/ultra-processed-foods-are-not-more-appealing-study-finds 99 comments science
- According to a study with 77k participants, on ultra-processed foods and high consumption of red meat “seems that the proportion of ultra-processed foods in a diet is actually more important with respect to mortality than the proportion of animal-derived foods they eat, the exception being red meat” https://news.llu.edu/research/study-associates-higher-mortality-with-eating-lots-of-ultra-processed-foods-red-meat 515 comments science
- Food processing groups and colorectal cancer risk in Morocco: evidence from a nationally representative case–control study - Our results suggest that the consumption of ultra-processed foods and drink products may be associated with an increased risk of developing CRC,but longitudinal studies needed https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00394-022-02820-3 7 comments science