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Policies to halt and reverse the rise in ultra-processed food production, marketing, and consumption

Scrinis, Gyorgy, Popkin, Barry M, Corvalan, Camila, Duran, Ana Clara, Nestle, Marion, Lawrence, Mark, Baker, Phillip, Monteiro, Carlos A, Millett, Christopher, Moubarac, Jean-Claude, Jaime, Patricia, Khandpur, Neha·2025·The Lancet
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Scrinis, G., Popkin, B. M., Corvalan, C., Duran, A. C., Nestle, M., Lawrence, M., Baker, P., Monteiro, C. A., Millett, C., Moubarac, J.-C., Jaime, P., & Khandpur, N.
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The Lancet
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Elsevier BV
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2025-12
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406
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10520
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2685-2702
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0140-6736
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