Current Nutrition Reports
Ultra-Processed Foods and Metabolic Dysfunction: Mechanisms, Clinical Implications, and Public Health Perspectives. Position Paper of the Italian Association of Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition (ADI)
Abstract Purpose of Review This position paper by the Italian Association of Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition (ADI) evaluates the impact of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) on metabolic health and chronic disease risk, with particular attention to the biological and behavioural mechanisms involved. Recent Findings High UPFs consumption has been associated with obesity, insulin resistance, cardiovascular disease, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), cancer, neuroinflammation, and immune dysr …