"A major three paper Series in The Lancet finds that ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are rapidly replacing fresh and minimally processed meals around the world. The evidence links rising UPF intake to poorer diet quality and higher risks of multiple chronic diseases. The authors explain that although more research on UPFs will continue to be valuable, the current science is already strong enough to justify immediate public health action. Waiting for further studies would allow UPFs to gain an even stronger hold in global diets."
"The Series stresses that improving diets cannot fall solely on individual behavior. Real progress requires coordinated policies that limit UPF production, marketing, and availability, while also addressing high levels of fat, sugar and salt in the food supply and expanding access to healthy food. The authors describe UPFs as products of an industrial food system built around corporate profit rather than nutrition or sustainability."
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are rapidly displacing fresh and minimally processed meals worldwide and are linked to poorer diet quality and higher risks of multiple chronic diseases. Existing evidence supports immediate public health action to limit UPF production, marketing, and availability while reducing levels of fat, sugar, and salt in the food supply. Improving diets requires coordinated government policies, community involvement, and expanded access to affordable, healthy foods. UPFs arise from an industrial food system oriented toward corporate profit rather than nutrition or sustainability, so international, united responses are needed to counter industry political influence and protect population health.
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