Ultra-processed food and adverse health outcomes

Dear Editor
The health risks related to ingestion of ultraprocessed foods are both short and long term and infants and children should be protected from these through avoiding or minimising their exposure to both advertising and the inclusion of UPFs in school meals. The childhood obestiy epidemic has failed to respond to public health interventions to date but adding the ultrapocessed content of food products rather than simply calorie and basic nutritional content could be a useful first step. Adapting the same for 'out of home' meals would have no negative impact for those with eating disorders in contrast to the recent requirement for caolorie counts.