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Ultra-processed foods seem to be on everyone’s lips lately—and not just as a salty snack. A widely reported recent study from University College London asserts that such foods slow weight loss. A report last month from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sounds the alarm that Americans consume more than half of their diets in the form of ultra-processed foods.
Joel Harold Tannenbaum chairs the Humanities Department at Community College of Philadelphia and occasionally finds time to publish on the history of food and food science.
