{"id":13159,"date":"2025-11-20T19:20:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T11:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=13159"},"modified":"2025-11-20T19:20:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T11:20:46","slug":"global-public-action-is-needed-on-ultra-processed-foods-linked-to-obesity-and-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=13159","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Global public action\u2019 is needed on ultra-processed foods, linked to obesity and cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The rising global consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) is a major public health threat that must be urgently addressed, according to a new series of papers written by 43 global experts in the Lancet medical journal.<\/p>\n

The scientists, including Brazilian epidemiologist Carlos Monteiro, who coined the term with colleagues around 15 years ago, argue that UPFs are increasingly common worldwide and linked to a decline in diet quality and many diseases, from obesity to cancer.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about the evidence we have today about \u2026 ultra-processed foods and human health,\u201d says Monteiro, a professor at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we know right now justifies global public action.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Carlos Monteiro is a Brazilian epidemiologist who coined the term \u201cultra-processed foods\u201d with colleagues around 15 years ago. Photo: wfpc.sanford.duke.edu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
UPFs are a class of food or drink made using processing techniques, additives and industrial ingredients such as hydrogenated oils, protein isolates or glucose\/fructose syrup, and dyes, artificial sweeteners and emulsifiers. They contain little whole foods. Examples include carbonated soft drinks and instant noodles<\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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