UPF’s Drive Obesity Like ‘Liquids Drive Liver Disease’
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Christopher Snowdon writes for City AM
Christopher wrote:
“Asking whether ultra-processed foods (UPFs) drive obesity is like asking whether liquids drive liver disease. Insofar as alcohol is a liquid, the answer is yes, but alcohol is not the only liquid and there are other causes of liver disease. The category of UPF is so broad as to be nearly useless. It zooms out when we need to be zooming in.
“UPF consumption is neither a necessary nor sufficient condition for obesity.”
Read the full debate here.