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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Andrew Gregory Health editor

Ultra-processed foods need tobacco-style warnings, says scientist

Selection of chocolate bars including Aero, Toffee Crisp and Yorkie, along with Jammie Dodgers, Hula Hoops and fizzy drinks including Fanta, Relentless and Coca Cola
In the UK and US, more than half the average diet now consists of ultra-processed food. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are displacing healthy diets “all over the world” despite growing evidence of the risks they pose and should be sold with tobacco-style warnings, according to the nutritional scientist who first coined the term.

Prof Carlos Monteiro of the University of São Paulo will highlight the increasing danger UPFs present to children and adults at the International Congress on Obesity this week.

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