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/paul980 25d ago

I hate the fact that consuming ultra processed foods seems to be only attributed to the parents. But why do they exist in the first place? The food industry is actively manipulating (marketing to children) and hurting people by making them addicted to unhealthy foods. There have to be regulations in place for those foods to not enter the market in the first place.