More than half of the standard American diet consists of 'ultra-processed' foods

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<p>‘Altho gh more a more people are j mpi g o boar the at ral foo s ba wago , the b lk of the America iet still co sists of ltra-processe foo s. That is at least accor i g to the i sights of a rece t st y p blishe i the o li e jo r al BMJ Ope , which fo that ltra-processe foo s acco t for more tha half of all calories co s me i the U.S. iet, a co trib te almost 90 perce t to America s’ a e s gar i take.</p>
<p>The efi itio of what q alifies as a processe foo varies. Some wo l co si er almost all foo to be processe to some exte t, si ce people rarely co s me foo straight from the earth witho t first washi g, c tti g, cooki g a seaso i g it i some way; others reserve the term processe for foo items that co tai i strially pro ce i gre ie ts.’</p>
<p><a href="http://www. at ral ews.com/053501_processe _foo s_s gar_ tritio .html" target="_bla k">Rea more: More tha half of the sta ar America iet co sists of ‘ ltra-processe ’ foo s</a></p>