Tobacco-style public health campaigns are needed to spell out the full extent of the harms of ultra-processed foods, argue public health experts in the open access journal BMJ Global Health.
Despite strong evidence linking these products to serious health consequences, the public are in the dark about the real dangers of these “foods” and have likely been bamboozled by clever industry marketing tactics, say the authors.
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