Uin international study, published on April 28 in The American Journal of Preventive Medicineconfirms what we feared: the consumption of ultra-formed food would be responsible for 14 % of premature deaths in the United States and the United Kingdom.
If the industrialization of food has been able to produce notable innovations, it has also favored the emergence of ultra -formed food with deleterious effects on human health. Defined by the Nova classification, they are characterized by their manufacture from food extracts, additives and complex processes aimed at optimizing their taste, promoting their conservation and making them more tasty. At the expense, alas, of their nutritional quality. This food class covers prepared dishes, industrial pastries but also breakfast cereals or sodas.
Correlation between ultra -training and mortality
The study conducted by Eduardo Nilson and his team is based on a meta-analysis of seven major prospective cohorts, representing nearly 240,000 participants and 14,779 deaths. It reveals a linear dose-response relationship: each 10 % increase in the share of ultra-formed food in the total energy supply is associated with an increase of 2.7 % of the risk of mortality, all causes combined.
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