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Health impacts of Processed and ultra-processed foods

Shariful Tannu,Hasan Nahid,Majedul Hoque

Published 2025 in Hospital Pharmacology

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Introduction: Understanding the effects of processed foods on health is becoming increasingly important. Processed foods are products that have undergone changes during preparation to improve their taste, shelf-stability, or convenient qualities. However, the impact of processed food on public health has received little attention of both producers and consumers. Recent studies have demonstrated the connection between eating processed and ultra-processed food and a host of detrimental health outcomes. Methodology: This review explores recent researches to provide a concise overview of the harmful effects of processed food and ultra-processed food (PF and UPF) on public health in a structured way. Topic: Consuming large quantities of moderately and highly processed food items has been connected to various health disorder including depression, cancer, high blood pressure, raised cholesterol, inflammation, tooth decay, obesity, CKD and headaches. Conclusion: Numerous past and recent studies clearly indicate that processed foods have a negative impact on human physiology and overall health. Therefore, the general public should be aware of and understand how processed foods affect public health, and further research on these consequences should be conducted continuously.

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