Adolescents eating less ultra-processed food during COVID-19 pandemic

ATLANTA — Adolescents and young adults are eating less ultra-processed food since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with before the pandemic, reversing a 30-year trend of increased ultra-processed food consumption.
In an interim analysis of the Processed Intake Evaluation (PIE) study of 452 adolescents and young adults presented at ENDO 2022, participants reported eating less ultra-processed food during the first 2 years of the pandemic in 2020 and 2021 compared with prior to 2020. Ultra-processed food consumption dropped further in 2022 when COVID-19 restrictions eased.
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ATLANTA — Adolescents and young adults are eating less ultra-processed food since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with before the pandemic, reversing a 30-year trend of increased ultra-processed food consumption.
In an interim analysis of the Processed Intake Evaluation (PIE) study of 452 adolescents and young adults presented at ENDO 2022, participants reported eating less ultra-processed food during the first 2 years of the pandemic in 2020 and 2021 compared with prior to 2020. Ultra-processed food consumption dropped further in 2022 when COVID-19 restrictions eased.
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