Ultra-processed food: why the debate needs less fear and more clarity

By Beverley O'Hara, Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition, Leeds Beckett University

For many people interested in health and wellbeing, the idea of ultra-processed food, or UPF, has become more than a technical term in nutrition research. In public debate, it often serves as shorthand for wider concerns about modern, industrially produced food.

Those concerns are not baseless. A large body of research has found associations between high UPF intake and poorer health outcomes. But the evidence is not always easy…

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