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Ultraprocessed Foods Like Sodas and Sweets Should Be Regulated Like Cigarettes: Study

Researchers recommend tobacco-style regulations for ultra-processed foods, citing addictive qualities and high consumption rates among young children and teens, including 60% of teenagers daily.

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Ultraprocessed foods like sugary sodas and sweets are carefully engineered to encourage consumption and should be regulated like cigarettes, according to a new study.

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New Research Suggests that Ultra-Processed Foods Should Be Regulated in the Same Way as Smoking

According to scientists, manufacturers of such foods use the same methods in their sales as the tobacco industry.

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Ultraprocessed foods like sodas and sweets should be regulated like cigarettes: study

Ultraprocessed foods like sugary sodas and sweets are carefully engineered to encourage consumption and should be regulated like cigarettes, according to a new study.

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Scientists compare ultra-processed foods and cigarettes

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Ultra-processed foods 'engineered' like cigarettes: study

A new study has drawn parallels between the addictive qualities of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and tobacco products and called for similar levels of regulation.

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Ultra-processed foods have more in common with cigarettes than vegetables

UPF consumption has been linked to obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and mental health issues

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Tobacco and Ultra-Processed Foods: Similar Strategies

We already knew that ultra-processed foods were ubiquitous in our diets and very dangerous to our health. A new study, published on February 2nd in the medical journal The Milbank Quarterly, drives the point home with a comparison that should leave a lasting impression: the food industry uses the same strategies as the tobacco industry, resulting in a pandemic of preventable diseases. “Cigarettes and ultra-processed foods are not just products……

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