Vegetarians eat 'significantly higher' amount of ultra-processed food, study finds

Ultra-processed foods such as sugary biscuits have been linked to to obesity (File picture) - (PA Wire)

People who eat a vegetarian diet tend to consume more ultra-processed foods (UPFs) than those who eat meat, a study has found.

Researchers at Imperial College London looked at data on the eating habits of 200,000 people taken from the UK Biobank.