Ultraprocessed foods contain ingredients not found in a typical kitchen and are often designed to be extremely palatable. beats3/iStock viaGetty Images Plus
On May 22, 2025, the White House released a new report highlighting what it claims are the causes of chronic disease in children.
The report fleshes out many of the themes that have emerged as priorities for the Make America Healthy Again, or MAHA, movement promoted by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
One major area of focus is the negative health effects of ultraprocessed foods. The report points to the prevalence of ultraprocessed foods in the American diet as a key contributor to chronic illness in children and cites research that finds that nearly 70% of children’s diets and 50% of pregnant and postpartum women’s diets in the U.S. consist of ultraprocessed foods.
The Conversation U.S. asked Paul Dawson, a food scientist at Clemson University, to explain how the government’s stance on the…
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Author : USA365
Publish date : 2025-05-27 06:33:00
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