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Obesity

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The Evolution of Ultra Processed Foods

The first example of ultra, an ultra processed product was probably replacing butter with margarine. Ultra processing came about because some scientists in Brazil were watching this incredible transition in the national nutrition status. And so they decided to call it 'Ultra Processed Food' (UPF) Now we've got a huge body of very robust data linking these products to really negative health outcomes.

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