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Millions suffer as junk food industry rakes in profit

Originally published: Countercurrents on November 14, 2022 by Colin Todhunter (more by Countercurrents) | (Posted Nov 15, 2022)

Increased consumption of ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) was associated with more than 10% of all-cause premature, preventable deaths in Brazil in 2019. That is the finding of a new peer-reviewed study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.