Why Ultra Processed Foods are deadly and how you can avoid them | In Focus podcast

Published: Sept. 22, 2023, 10:34 a.m.

b'A new study from Nutrition Advocacy for Public Interest (NAPI), titled The Junk Push: Rising UItra Processed Food Consumption In India: Policy, Politics and Reality, paints a grim picture of misleading marketing, rising consumption of Ultra Processed Foods (UPFs) in India, and the role of UPFs in triggering an epidemic non-communicable diseases such as obesity, diabetes and hypertension, among others, with children being particularly vulnerable.\\nTo find out how to identify harmful UPFs and why they are a public health concern, we speak with Dr Arun Gupta, Convener of NAPI and former member of PM\\u2019s Council on India\\u2019s Nutrition Challenges.'