Consumption of ultra-processed foods triples in Spain over the last three decades, according to a study

Ultra-processed foods have become the "new smoking" for public health, and Spain is one of the countries where their consumption has grown the most, tripling in the last three decades, according to an analysis of scientific evidence on the subject published in The Lancet. The scientific journal publishes a special dedicated to ultra-processed foods that has been compiled by 43 experts on the subject over the last two years, including Renata Bertazzi, currently a researcher at the University of Salamanca, and Maira Bes-Rastrollo, a professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the University of Navarra. One of the articles addresses how much the intake of calories from these foods has grown, and Spain is at the top of the countries where it has increased the most: going from 11% to 32% of daily intake in the last three decades. "The value reflects the percentage contribution of per capita calories acquired by households according to surveys conducted on the population. ...