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A new report found that ultra-processed foods should be treated more like cigarettes than food. UPFs and cigarettes are engineered to encourage addiction and consumption, researchers from three US universities said, pointing to the parallels in widespread health harms that link both.

Excessive ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) and poor nutrition tied to poor health - EurekAlert!