"It's another step in our understanding of the link between ultra-processed food and health," she added. Last year, the same French team published a study on organic food and how it related to the risk of cancer. The researchers then crunched the numbers and found that a 10 percent increase in the proportion of ultra-processed foods in the diet corresponded to a 15 percent increase in mortality. - Socio-economic inequalities -Ultra-processed foods come under group four of the NOVA food classification system recognized by health agencies including the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. Last year, French researchers published results from the same NutriNet-Sante study, observing more cancers among heavy consumers of these foods.

Source: Bangkok Post February 11, 2019 19:18 UTC