Originally published by U.S. Right to Know on February 1, 2024.
Hundreds of scientific studies provide strong evidence that consuming ultra-processed foods is linked to early death and serious diseases — including obesity, cancer, Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, depression, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and chronic kidney disease.
U.S. Right to Know is producing a series of fact sheets reporting on this science. The health risks are enormous. Today, more than half the calories Americans consume come from ultra-processed foods, many of them containing added sugars, fat, artificial additives, and other attributes that make the foods highly palatable and easy to overeat.
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