Increasing your daily consumption of ultraprocessed foods by 10% — basically the equivalent of a small bag of potato chips — may raise your risk of dementia even if you normally eat a healthy plant-rich diet, according to a new study.

Ultraprocessed foods, or UPFs, make up about 53% of all calories consumed by adults in the United States, according to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Children in the United States obtain nearly 62% of their energy from UPFs, the CDC found.


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