A new report is warning about the danger of eating ultra-processed foods, and the research might make you think twice about what you buy at the grocery store.

Ready-made meals, sweet and savoury snacks, fizzy drinks and breakfast cereals – these are some of the many ultra-processed foods surrounding us at grocery stores, and according to a series of studies published in The Lancet, these products – also known as UPFs – are linked to dozens of health conditions, including obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.

“The body is not adapted to those products. The body is trying to adjust,” said Jean Claude Moubarac, a professor in the Department of Nutrition at the University of Montreal. “It also has some effects on mood, hence the link with depression and anxiety.”

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