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The two-cookie problem: how much ultra-processed food is too much?
Summary: How many cookies are too many? A new meta-analysis links greater consumption of ultra-processed foods to several chronic diseases and even reports dose-response relationships. But look more closely, and the size of th…
Key points
- How many cookies are too many?
- A new meta-analysis links greater consumption of ultra-processed foods to several chronic diseases and even reports dose-response relationships.
- But look more closely, and the size of the risk depends substantially on how researchers define a “dose”—raising a more fundamental question about what, exactly, they are measuring.
How many cookies are too many? A new meta-analysis links greater consumption of ultra-processed foods to several chronic diseases and even reports dose-response relationships. But look more closely, and the size of the risk depends substantially on how researchers define a “dose”—raising a more fundamental question about what, exactly, they are measuring.
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