I wasn't saying the conclusion was wrong, just perhaps too obvious. Eating whole foods is healthier than eating packaged foods is pretty intuitive at this poin

I wasn't saying the conclusion was wrong, just perhaps too obvious. Eating whole foods is healthier than eating packaged foods is pretty intuitive at this point. In a study that did not allow free eating, we could have gone further to find out if a 100% controlled ultra processed diet, was still worse for you the subject that a calorie matched diet based on whole foods.