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Ultra-Processed Foods: A Key Driver of Modern Health Problems

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A growing body of evidence shows that ultra-processed foods are displacing traditional, whole-food diets worldwide and driving major diet-related chronic diseases. Drawing on decades of dietary surveys, global sales data, cohort studies, randomized trials, and mechanistic research, this first paper in a three-part Lancet Series reports that ultra-processed foods have […]

Brighter Nights and Darker Days Predict Higher Mortality Risk

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A prospective cohort study suggests that personal exposure to brighter nights and darker days causes circadian disruption with poor health outcomes and increased mortality risk. Avoiding night light and seeking daylight may promote optimal health and longevity. From 2013 to 2016, 88,905 UK Biobank participants (mean age 62.4 years, 56.9% […]