Ultra-processed foods should be treated more like cigarettes than food – study

UPFs are made to encourage addiction and consumption and should be regulated like tobacco, say researchers ...
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Ultra processed foods use the same addictive tactics as cigarettes. We should treat them similarly, researchers say

In a paper published in The Milbank Quarterly, researchers from Harvard, Duke University, and the University of Michigan ...
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Are Ultra-Processed Foods as Addictive as Cigarettes?

Ultra-processed foods may activate brain reward pathways like cigarettes, fueling cravings and overconsumption and raising demands for public health controls.
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The push to turn Big Food into the new Big Tobacco

So you’re a bear in the forest, and you’re hungry. When you trundle toward a raspberry bush and get your first taste of ripe, ...

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

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) should face stricter regulation, a study has argued, after it found that they were more similar ...

What decades of tobacco regulation can teach us about ultra-processed food, new study finds

A new study argues that ultra-processed foods are engineered more like cigarettes than like real food, and should face ...
European Medical Journal

Ultra-Processed Foods Characteristically Closer to Cigarettes than Fresh Food

Ultra-processed foods (UPF) share more characteristics with cigarettes than with minimally processed fruits or vegetables.

Treat Ultra-Processed Foods Like Cigarettes Not Food, Says Study; Tips To Reduce Consumption

The study mentions that the food industry uses specific combinations of fat, sugar, salt, and flavour additives that create a ...

What are the worst ultra-processed foods? New study says they're more similar cigarettes than they are to fruits, veggies

Researchers are calling for more comprehensive policies to reduce the currently-high rate that Canadians consume ...

Scientists compare ultra-processed foods and cigarettes

A study by three US universities argues that ultra-processed foods (UPFs) should face stricter regulation, comparing them to ...
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Ultra-processed foods just as addictive as alcohol and nicotine

Eating ultra-processed foods (UPFs) could lead to an addiction disorder, a new study suggests, prompting calls for some products to be labelled as addictive. UPFs are now simply part of the flavour of ...