State Actions to Define Ultraprocessed Food for Policy-Opportunities and Challenges

JAMA Health Forum. 2026 Apr 3;7(4):e260291. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2026.0291.

Authors

Jennifer L Pomeranz¹, Dariush Mozaffarian^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York.
² Food is Medicine Institute, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 41961491
DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2026.0291

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Plain language summary

This Viewpoint encourages clearly defining ultraprocessed foods based on evidence for the purpose of policymaking.