HEALTH-UPFS/ (PIX):Ultra-processed foods are danger to global public health, experts warn

*UPFs linked to decline in diet quality and disease, experts say

*Action needed now as evidence base builds, Lancet series argues

*Critics and industry say UPF concept too simple, risky

By Jennifer Rigby

LONDON, - Ultra-processed foods are a major public health threat that must be urgently addressed, according to a new series of papers authored by 43 global experts in the Lancet medical journal.

The scientists, including the Brazilian professor who coined the term with colleagues around 15 years ago, argue that UPFs are now increasingly common worldwide and linked to a decline in diet quality and a number of diseases, from obesity to cancer.

“It’s about the evidence we have today about … ultra-

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