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Ultra-processed foods are a risk like tobacco: Lancet report calls for state control

The scientific journal The Lancet recently published a special series of three articles in which 43 international experts warn that ultra-processed foods should be treated as a public health problem comparable to tobacco. Among the participants are researchers from the universities of Salamanca and Navarra, who contributed to the most extensive meta-analysis carried out so far on the subject. During the presentation of the study, Professor Phillip Baker, from the University of Sydney, was blunt: âIt is not enough to appeal to individual decisions; it should be regulated as tobacco was regulated," he said±. YOU CAN READ: Spain goes against 4 foundations that exalt Franco's dictatorship You mi... [Read more]

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