Ultraprocessed foods comprise more than half the calories the average American adult eats. They’re also linked to a wide variety of health issues including heart disease, obesity and diabetes. CNN’s Meg Tirrell visits the NIH where researchers are trying to determine why ultraprocessed foods lead to such poor health outcomes and why it’s so hard to stop eating them.
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Americans love ultraprocessed foods. Science wants to know why

Ultraprocessed foods comprise more than half the calories the average American adult eats. They’re also linked to a wide variety of health issues including heart disease, obesity and diabetes. CNN’s Meg Tirrell visits the NIH where researchers are trying to determine why ultraprocessed foods lead to such poor health outcomes and why it’s so hard to stop eating them.

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Ultraprocessed foods comprise more than half the calories the average American adult eats. They’re also linked to a wide variety of health issues including heart disease, obesity and diabetes. CNN’s Meg Tirrell visits the NIH where researchers are trying to determine why ultraprocessed foods lead to such poor health outcomes and why it’s so hard to stop eating them.
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