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A new CDC report found that Americans get more than 50% of their calorie intake from ultra-processed foods like burgers, sweets, pizza and sodas.

Researchers weren’t surprised by the high numbers, but they were surprised that consumption of ultra-processed foods appeared to dip slightly over the past decade.

For most Americans, more than half of their calories are from eating ultra-processed foods full of sugar, salt and unhealthy fats, a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found.

The CDC report used data from August 2021 to August 2023 to reach that conclusion, and the report could have big implications as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to criticize such foods and blame them for causing disease.

Americans’ ultra-processe

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