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Study: Ultraprocessed Food Consumption and Obesity Development in Canadian Children. Image Credit: Rimma Bondarenko/Shutterstock.com Across much of the world, processed "fast" foods have replaced ...

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“Most foods are processed in some way, for example to enable preservation”, says Huntriss, “but the term ‘ultra-processed’ refers to foods that often have a long ingredients ...