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Editorial
. 2019 Aug 15;11(8):1902.
doi: 10.3390/nu11081902.

Ultra-Processed Foods Are Not "Real Food" but Really Affect Your Health

Amelia Marti  1   2   3
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Editorial

Ultra-Processed Foods Are Not "Real Food" but Really Affect Your Health

Amelia Marti. Nutrients. .

Abstract

Poor eating habits, such as the increasing consumption of highly processed products, have deleterious effects on health status and represent a serious challenge for public health systems [...].

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