07 Nov 2022 --- A total of 57,000 premature deaths in Brazil were attributed to the consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in 2019, according to research published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.Although Brazilians consume far fewer of these products than the citizens of high-income nations, the research found that increased consumption of these foods was linked to more than 10% of all-cause premature, preventable deaths in Brazil in 2019.
