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Food Politics
JANUARY 16, 2025
Maybe so, but the overall concept makes a lot of sense to me, especially with research demonstrating that ultra-processed foods encourage greater calorie intake. The post The latest on ultra-processed foods appeared first on Food Politics by Marion Nestle. And Gary Ruskin of US Right to Know sent me this collection of fact sheets.
Real Agriculture
JUNE 12, 2024
A second Cargill meat processing facility, this one in Calgary, faces a possible labour disruption following a strike vote on June 10. The Calgary Case Ready plant is a further processing facility. Union employees, represented by the UFCW 401, voted 100 per cent in favour of a strike. If a stoppage occurs, the union says. Read More
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Food Politics
JUNE 4, 2024
I don’t like writing about the dietary guidelines process while it is still ongoing because so much can change between now and the time the advisory committee submits its report, and USDA and HHS issue the actual guidelines. Why do I think the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) is tied in knots over ultra-processed foods (UPF)?
Food Politics
DECEMBER 18, 2024
The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee may not think there is much to ultra-processed foods (UPF), but companies making them have just been served with a lawuit. UPF increase the risks of disease because they are ultra-processed, not because of how many grams of certain nutrients they contain or how much weight gain they cause.
Food Politics
JANUARY 10, 2024
This is a tax on ultra-processed foods! The post Colombia is taxing ultra-processed foods! The new tax was included in a wider reform that passed into law in December, 2022, seeking to reduce the burden of obesity and other diseases on Colombia’s health system, while also bringing in revenue in a country that manages a fiscal deficit.
Food Politics
OCTOBER 7, 2024
Ultra-processed foods and health: are we correctly interpreting the available evidence? Another attack on the concept of ultra-processed foods. But it is not alone in pushing back against the concept of ultra-processed foods—an existential threat to junk food manufacturers. What is this about? Del Rio, D., Fogliano, V.
Food Politics
JULY 20, 2023
The British journal, Public Health Nutrition, published a debate about ultra-processed foods this month. Ultra-processed foods in public health nutrition: the unanswered questions , Several definitions of the degree of processing have been proposed. Invited commentaries CON: Michael Gibney. PRO: Mark Lawrence.
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