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The increasing consumption of industrially processed convenience foods, soft drinks, and fast foods has been associated with a rise in non-communicable diseases, overweight and obesity.

This building block explores the concept of ultra-processed food: how it has been defined, and differing views as to whether it is a useful way of thinking about food and its relation to health and wider sustainability concerns.

Last update: 2 July, 2019

https://www.doi.org/10.56661/ca3e86f2

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Walter Fraanje
Tara Garnett