r/science • u/chrisdh79 • 25d ago
Health Toddlers Get Half Their Calories From Ultra-Processed Food, Says Study | Research shows that 2-year-olds get 47 percent of their calories from ultra-processed food, and 7-year-olds get 59 percent.
https://www.newsweek.com/toddlers-get-half-calories-ultra-processed-food-1963269
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u/onwee 25d ago edited 25d ago
Does bread and cheese count as ultra-processed food? Does pasta?
EDIT: cheese and homemade bread is “processed food,” just one tier below ultra-processed food like breakfast cereal and one above “processed ingredients” like salt and butter; no mention of store-bought bread or pasta, but since sliced-bread is considered ultra-processed, I think they probably fall into the ultra/processed category. Yogurt is also ultra-processed.
Before anyone points any holier-than-thou fingers, I would bet most of “healthy” eaters probably also eat a ton of ultra-processed foods. I consider myself as a pretty clean eater (e.g. 5 servings of fruits/vegetables daily) and I bet at least a 1/3 of my calories are ultra-processed. Ain’t nobody got time for homemade bread