On Air Today: The Danger of Ultra-Processed Foods - and How to Combat It

Ultra-processed foods are becoming more and more prevalent, in our grocery stores and around the world – and as we learn more about their long-term health effects, experts are growing increasingly concerned. (What are “ultra-processed foods”? In a nutshell: anything that contains an ingredient you’re not going to find at any grocery store.) The medical journal The Lancet recently published a series of three papers about the health impacts of ultra-processed foods – and what ought to be done about it from a policy angle.

Click here to read summaries of all three papers.

One of those papers was authored by Barry Popkin, a professor of nutrition at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Popkin joined Aaron in 97.9 The Hill studios to discuss ultra-processed foods and their health implications – and what policymakers should be doing about it, on the national and local levels.

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On Air Today: The Danger of Ultra-Processed Foods – and How to Combat It

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