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Headline is massively misleading. The actual study cited by the article, measures this as 71% of food products offered for sale in the US, by count of unique i
by margalabargala 9mo ago
Headline is massively misleading.
The actual study cited by the article, measures this as 71% of food products offered for sale in the US, by count of unique items, are ultraprocessed.
Not that 71% of food products sold by weight or volume or dollar amount are ultraprocessed.
This is just observing that if you list all food products for sale in the US, "pear" appears on that list once but "Store Brand salty corn chips" appears 25 times.
- aix1 9mo agoFair point. Here is some data on the fraction of caloric intake: * During August 2021–August 2023, the mean percentage of total calories consumed from ultra-processed foods among those age 1 year and older was 55.0%. * Youth ages 1–18 years consumed a higher percentage of calories from ultra-processed foods (61.9%) than adults age 19 and older (53.0%). Source: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db536.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db536.htm The study is from 2023 and notes that there had been a decrease during the preceding decade.