Rethinking nutrition policy on ultra-processed food
For more than a decade, the phrase “ultra-processed food” has functioned as nutritional shorthand for danger, a dietary villain blamed for rising rates of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. The public message has been simple: If it is ultra-processed, avoid it. But science is rarely that simple.
My colleagues and I recently reviewed the growing body of research examining ultra-processed foods, not as a single monolithic category, but as distinct …
Rethinking nutrition policy on ultra-processed food
