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Policies to halt and reverse the rise in ultra-processed food production, marketing, and consumption

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By Byker Shanks, Barry Popkin, Ana Clara Duran, São Paulo
| The Lancet Verified
FREE with registration! Log in or register to access the full article. References 1. Monteiro, CA ∙ Louzada, MLC ∙ Steele-Martinez, E ∙ et al. Ultra-processed foods and human health: the main thesis and the evidence Lancet. 2025; 2. Monteiro, CA ∙ Cannon, G ∙ Levy, RB ∙ et al. Ultra-processed foods: what they are and how to identify them Public Health Nutr. 2019; 22:936-941 3. Lane, MM ∙ Gamage, E ∙ Du, S ∙ et al.
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The mismatch between biological needs and the modern food industry - Nature Food

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By Barry Popkin, Shu Wen Ng
| Nature Verified
The food industry has created ultra-processed food-like products that disrupt nature’s biological matrix and exploit our innate preferences for sugar, salt and fat — with the goal of encouraging overconsumption and maximizing profit. Increases in obesity, other nutrition-related non-communicable diseases and environmental harms have occurred as a result.
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The promise and pitfalls of “Make America Healthy Again”

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By Barry Popkin, Lindsey Smith Tallie
| The Lancet Verified
References 1. Hu, K ∙ Staiano, AE Trends in obesity prevalence among children and adolescents aged 2 to 19 years in the US from 2011 to 2020 JAMA Pediatrics. 2022; 176:1037-1039 2. Li, M ∙ Gong, W ∙ Wang, S ∙ et al. Trends in body mass index, overweight and obesity among adults in the USA, the NHANES from 2003 to 2018: a repeat cross-sectional survey BMJ Open. 2022; 12, e065425 3. Wagenknecht, LE ∙ Lawrence, JM ∙ Isom, S ∙ et al.
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