Ultra-processed foods as a topic of study in global bioethics
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This article proposes to consider food in general and ultra-processed foods and sugar-sweetened beverages in particular, as an issue thatconcerns global bioethics. The first section explains the relationship between the consumption of ultra-processed foods and health, the second section relates the so-called non-communicable diseases and mental health with food, and the third section argues the role that bioethics, especially global bioethics, should play around food.
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