This article equates ultraprocessed foods and hyperpalatable foods (foods designed to make people want to eat them more). While many hyperpalatable foods are classified as ultraprocessed, simply being hyperpalatable does not mean it's ultraprocessed.
Worth noting that the Nova food classificationvsysten (which this article references) completely disregards the actual nutritional content of foods.
For a good primer on a lot of the misconceptions around UPFs, check out [0].
The actual study cited by the article, measures this as 71% of food products offered for sale in the US, by count of unique items, are ultraprocessed.
Not that 71% of food products sold by weight or volume or dollar amount are ultraprocessed.
This is just observing that if you list all food products for sale in the US, "pear" appears on that list once but "Store Brand salty corn chips" appears 25 times.
Fair point. Here is some data on the fraction of caloric intake:
* During August 2021–August 2023, the mean percentage of total calories consumed from ultra-processed foods among those age 1 year and older was 55.0%.
* Youth ages 1–18 years consumed a higher percentage of calories from ultra-processed foods (61.9%) than adults age 19 and older (53.0%).
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[ 4.7 ms ] story [ 33.7 ms ] threadWorth noting that the Nova food classificationvsysten (which this article references) completely disregards the actual nutritional content of foods.
For a good primer on a lot of the misconceptions around UPFs, check out [0].
[0] https://www.harvardmagazine.com/research/harvard-ultraproces...
The actual study cited by the article, measures this as 71% of food products offered for sale in the US, by count of unique items, are ultraprocessed.
Not that 71% of food products sold by weight or volume or dollar amount are ultraprocessed.
This is just observing that if you list all food products for sale in the US, "pear" appears on that list once but "Store Brand salty corn chips" appears 25 times.
* During August 2021–August 2023, the mean percentage of total calories consumed from ultra-processed foods among those age 1 year and older was 55.0%.
* Youth ages 1–18 years consumed a higher percentage of calories from ultra-processed foods (61.9%) than adults age 19 and older (53.0%).
Source: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db536.htm
The study is from 2023 and notes that there had been a decrease during the preceding decade.
More recently:
Ultra-processed foods make up more than 60% of us kids' diets
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44823288
How America got hooked on ultraprocessed foods
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45605921
California passes law to ban ultra-processed foods from school lunches
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45525041
capitalism->companies lobby->corrupt government->zero regulation->shitty food that costs less to make, will kill you and is addictive
Out of everything else, that should be one that's easy to remember.
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