What are ultra-processed foods? Are they bad for you?

What are ultra-processed foods? Are they bad for you?

Robert F Kennedy Jr, Secretary of the US Health and Human Services, has begun targetting ultra-processed foods. Kennedy Jr has claimed that these foods are the cause of several chronic diseases that have been on the rise in recent years. But what are these foods? Are they harmful to the human body?

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