U.S. Study: Ultraprocessed Foods Now Comprise 2/3 of Calories in Children and Teen Diets.

Trends in Consumption of Ultraprocessed Foods Among US Youths Aged 2-19 Years, 1999-2018 – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Editorial: Intake of Ultraprocessed Foods Among US Youths: Health Concerns and Opportunities for Research and Policy (free for a limited period)

News release: Ultraprocessed Foods Now Comprise 2/3 of Calories in Children and Teen Diets – Tufts University

Commentaries:

Ultra-processed foods now account for two-thirds of calories in the diets of children and teens – CNN

If You Think Kids Are Eating Mostly Junk Food, A New Study Finds You’re Right – NPR

Related:

Ultra-processing is the new frontier in public health policy—reflections on the National Food Strategy – The BMJ Opinion

Cohort Study: Association Between Consumption of Ultra-processed Foods and All Cause Mortality

Study: Association Between Ultraprocessed Food Consumption and Risk of Mortality Among Middle-aged Adults

Research: Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods and Cancer Risk

Randomized Trial: Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain

Ultra-Processed Foods and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in the Framingham Offspring Study

Cohort study: Higher intake of ultra-processed food linked to increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease.

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

Breaking, our new research in @JAMA_current:
Ultraprocessed foods the majority of calories for US children – and going up: now 2/3 of kcal!

From 1999 to 2018, the % of calories from ultraprocessed foods eaten by US children increased, from 61% to 67%.https://t.co/Y4DjAqrIug

— Dariush Mozaffarian (@Dmozaffarian) August 10, 2021