alt Hacker News> Ultra-processed is a meaningless word used to get media attention.
Yes, and cigarettes cure cancer amirite ?
We all know what they mean by ultra processed food, it's 75% of your supermarkets. 45% of the US is obese, the rest is overweight, food is one of the main factor in the top 2 leading causes of death in the US, if you can't see the problem you're blind
There is a very good definition on wikipedia btw, and yes not all ultra processed things are bad, but the vast majority of them are
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People are pissed because they don't want to accept that a) most of supermarkets food is bad and b) you need to cook yourself in order to eat properly.
The scientifically measurable problem is the amount of calories people are eating, with low exercise, not that there are toxic ingredients or “bad foods”.
This is primarily a marketing distinction which appeals to natural sensibilities.
>We all know what they mean by ultra processed food
Very scientific!
Weight gain has basically happened across the whole developed world because cost per calorie has gotten so low that people just eat more calories on average. This is why semi-glutides are the first thing ever to reduce weight gain and actually make people lose weight because they encourage reduced consumption.
Don't need ultra-processed food to be unhealthy. Rich guys in the 1800s would get fat and get gout and all these issues from overconsumption. It's just they were the only ones who could back then.