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WHO encourages taxation of sugary drinks
23 Jan 2026
The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on governments to raise taxes on alcoholic beverages and sugary drinks, to discourage their consumption and impro...
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The Lancet releases papers adding weight to the evidence that UPFs harm human health
21 Nov 2025
A study by The Lancet reveals that ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are linked to harm in nearly all organs. Ultra-processed diets are rapidly overtaking less processed diets worldwide...
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Ultra-processed foods linked to prediabetes in young adults
14 Nov 2025
A US study has linked ultra-processed food intake with higher risk of prediabetes and disrupted glucose regulation in young adults. The study, led by researchers from the Universit...
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Protecting Children and Adolescents from Misleading Marketing and Unlabelled New Genomic Techniques in Food
22 Oct 2025
This position paper highlights the potential impacts New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) could have if the European Commission’s recently proposed regulation is approved in its cur...
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UPFs proven more addictive earlier in life
30 Sep 2025
21% of American women and 10% of American men in their early 50s and 60s meet criteria for an addiction to ultra-processed foods (UPFs), a study by the University of Michigan has f...
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Negative effects of UPFs are independent of caloric intake
04 Sep 2025
People gain more weight on an ultra-processed diet compared to a minimally processed diet, even when they eat the same number of calories, according to an international study in hu...
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Ultra-processed foods linked to higher lung cancer risk
27 Aug 2025
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) can lead to a higher risk of lung cancer, according to research published by Thorax, a publication by the BMJ group. The study, run by researchers from...
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Synthetic Chemicals in Food: A Hidden Public Health Risk
16 May 2025
A team of researchers from the Food Packaging Forum, INSERM, New York University, and ETH Zurich has identified synthetic chemicals in food as a critical yet overlooked threat to p...
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Parkinson’s Disease: A New Reason to Limit Ultra-Processed Foods
12 May 2025
Ultra-processed foods undergo many modifications, making their raw ingredients almost unrecognisable. Examples include snacks, industrial pastries, biscuits, pre-cooked meals, saus...
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EU food industry downplays study linking ultra-processed foods with early death
02 May 2025
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Study links ultra-processed foods to premature deaths
28 Apr 2025
A study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine has linked the consumption of ultra-process foods to premature mortality. Previous studies have consistently found ...
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French researchers find hard evidence of cocktail effects of food additives
09 Apr 2025
For the first time, a broad-based study has found evidence of cocktail effects of certain combinations of food additives. Researchers in the field of nutritional epidemiology from ...
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HFSS foods and UPFs highly overlap, British study finds
31 Mar 2025
Over half of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) consumed in the UK are also foods high in fat, salt, and sugar — either measured by food type or amount of calories —, according to a ...
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