How ultra-processed foods impact our health

CBS News•Tue, Aug 18, 2026, 02:48 PM•2 min read

Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, the director of Food is Medicine Institute at Tufts University, calls ultra-processed foods "the main driver of disease, disability and death in the U. S.

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