BBC_Science_Focus_-_08.2019

REALITY CHECK

here is a truth universally

ack nowledged that the latest

health research must be reported

in dramatic and anxiety-inducing

language. Some recent studies into ultra-

processed foods (like fish fingers, fizzy

drinks and ready meals), published in the

British Medical Journal, made for alarming

headlines.The Suntold us that “just four

portions of processed food a day could

U LTR APROC E S SE D FOOD:

W IL L F ISH F I NGERS A N D

FIZZY DRINKS KILL YOU?

Ultra-processed foods, like

ready meals, will probably

not lead to instadeath, as

some headlines claim

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3 COMMENT

A new study found

that eating ultra-

processed food could

increase the risk of

death by 62 per cent.

But is this as bad as

it sounds?