UK adolescents consume 66% ultra-processed food (UPF), new study reveals!

This public health issue affects the whole adolescent population, independently of their social-economic background!

Some adolescents (Bite Back Youth activists) were invited into the UK House of Lords sessions on "Food, Diet and obesity" last May to share evidence on the food environment they live in... which explains a lot:
👉 Their context: "𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘞𝘦𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘴, 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘻𝘻𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘴, 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘵."
👉 One their proposals [on energy drinks] "𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘳, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘱, 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺?"

Even those who strive for a healthy diet are not given half a chance in the "𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦" food system of today.

🔗 Article on the adolescent diet study: https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/17/uk-adolescents-get-two-thirds-of-daily-calories-from-upfs-says-survey
🔗 Transcript of the House of Lords - session with Bite Back oral evidence: https://committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/14773/html/