" “You look at these papers, and it’s still very hard to pin down what the definition [of ultra-processed] really is,” Walter Willett, a professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard, told me. It’s a concept prone to illogical free association, lumping together Cheetos with ultra-healthy fermented beans."

#food #ultra_processed #badscience #jumpingonbandwagons

The science of “ultra-processed” foods is misleading | Vox https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/391795/ultra-processed-foods-science-vegan-meat-rfk-maha?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

More evidence that a diet high in ultra processed foods and hyper-palatable foods results in people eating more calories, 1000 kcal a day more than a diet low in ultra processed and hyper-palatable foods.

I wish this stuff were in a preprint, but Marion Nestle has the slides.

https://www.foodpolitics.com/2024/12/ultra-processed-foods-and-calories-more-evidence/

#food #diet #ultra_processed