Ultra-processed foods (or UPFs) make up a shocking 60 per cent of the average diet in the UK – and increasing evidence links their high consumption with the rise in obesity, type 2 diabetes and other diseases.
Here, in the second part of our serialisation of his bestselling book Ultra-Processed People, TV doctor Chris van Tulleken warns of the hidden dangers behind food which we find so tasty.
On a freakishly warm autumn day, I headed with my family to