Ultra-processed foods can be addictive: new report

Ultra-processed foods like sugary drinks, potato chips, and ready meals can cause withdrawal symptoms similar to people trying to quit smoking, prompting a team of scientists to advocate for the labelling of certain products as "addictive."

A report published Tuesday in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found that addiction to ultra-processed food affects 14 per cent of adults and 12 per cent of children around the world.

Meanwhile, addiction to tobacco impacts 18 per cent of adults globally, the report stated.

Global's Katherine Ward reports.

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[DidrickNamtvedt]

Food addiction can lead to high cholesterol levels and that is definitely not a good thing. The dangers of high cholesterol made me change my diet and I'm glad I did as I've managed to lower it to a normal level.

[lonewanderer]

File this one under : No!!! Really?
I thought that's been understood for decades.

[MATT_ELEKTRON]

And the sky, we have now discovered is blue!

[GG-lvxd]

totally. I had been snacking for a while and suddenly cut myself off it was driving me crazy for a while

[imnotyourbuddyguy]

*WOW... I cant believe I'm about to say this but THANK YOU GLOBAL for this report.* I am rarely a fan of government intervention but regulating our food supply is CRITICAL especially for maintaining a Healthy Society.

[marcinhibner]

We eat it and the cycle is daily or random maybe once year and never. It's a decision and should I or shouldn't I for whatever reasons we have if we can, right?

[Gmancro]

Can be.. But its not.. I got rid of all sugar and all processed food with like ZERO addiction

[Brandon-xpob]

I have more news:

The sky might be blue
Men might love sex

Thanks captain obvious

[melonlab]

Comparing food to coke and heroin is insulting to everyone fighting drug addiction.

[pineapple]

Ultra processed foods are made to be as addictive as possible by design so people continue to buy them

[Stevexnycautomotive]

That's American war food aka medical food had addictive drugs.

[laylalayla]

I congratulate you on this breakthrough study. Replace these foods with dillies and fentanyl immediately

[outisnemo]

Why not mention an ultra-processed an insanely addictive (due to the opioid casomorphins) food like cheese in this context?

[GoneFishingAway]

Yeah, and the floor is made out of floor.

[skyedog]

I stopped eating that stuff and drinking Coke and Pepsi products years ago. Don't tell me about your problems

[georgesimon]

It is called obesity and welfare. End one and the other will end.

[Joemamarickroll]

What a breakthrough study as if we didn’t know that 😂money not well spent. Maybe make healthy food cheaper . Ooh but can’t do that we need to tax carbon for the climate right driving healthy food prices up even higher but not a big surprise junk food still cheap? Didn’t you all say something about how we should all eat at the dollar store since it’s cheap? So which is it global . You care about health or you don’t 😂