美国机构联手对抗'超加工食品'

U.S. agencies join fight against ‘ultraprocessed foods’ Some scientists criticize label as imprecise; others call it a valuable lens on diet DAN CHARLES U.S. health agencies are moving to launch new research—and potentially pass regulations—on a food category that industry and some scientists have long dismissed as misleading: ultraprocessed foods (UPFs). On 14 May, the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) Council of Councils endorsed a $150 million initiative, yet to be publicly launched, to investigate how diets dominated by UPFs harm children’s health and how to help children avoid those foods. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), meanwhile, is drafting a legal definition of UPFs as a step toward regulating them. …