Steve Downs
@stephenjdowns.bsky.social
Co-founder of @buildingh.bsky.social, working to build health into everyday life. Teaching at @itp-ima-nyu.bsky.social and Stanford d.school. Former chief technology and strategy officer at @rwjf.bsky.social.
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Towards unified global action on ultra-processed foods: understanding commercial determinants, countering corporate power, and mobilising a public health response
The rise of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in human diets is harming global public health.
However, policy responses are still emerging—much like tobacco control efforts decades
ago—indicating the need ...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Policies to halt and reverse the rise in ultra-processed food production, marketing, and consumption
Dietary patterns high in ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have been associated with poor
diet quality and health outcomes, and are displacing healthier dietary patterns—meals
and dishes prepared with fres...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Ultra-processed foods and human health: the main thesis and the evidence
This first paper in a three-part Lancet Series combines narrative and systematic reviews
with original analyses and meta-analyses to assess three hypotheses concerning a dietary
pattern based on ultra...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
1st of 3 papers here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...