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• Conference abstract, not peer reviewed Date verified

  Diet quality predicted disease risk in 200,000 adults and processing level did not

  In a pooled analysis of three long running US cohorts, risk of death, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes tracked overall diet quality strongly, and within each quality tier was reported as almost identical whether the diet was ultra processed or minimally processed.

  NUTRITION 2026, American Society · Xiaowen et al. · 28 July 2026

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• Legislative and policy tracking, not peer reviewed Date verified

  Two federal bills would write ultra processed food into US labeling law

  S.5026 advanced out of the Senate HELP Committee 12 to 10 with a statutory ultra processed food definition keyed on industrial ingredient classes, while the newly introduced Food Labeling Modernization Act would mandate sweetener disclosure, front of pack warnings, and an official definition of non UPF foods.

  24 July 2026

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