Many people love the taste and convenience of ultraprocessed foods, but researchers are discovering some of these foods may affect your health negatively. FreshSplash/iStockphoto/Getty Images
By Andrea Kane, CNN Published 6:31 AM EDT, Mon May 13, 2024
CNN — When you open a bag of nacho-flavored chips or cheese puffs, you probably know that you’re about to indulge in an unhealthy snack.
The dead giveaway? It’s the yummy, spicy, cheesy, neon-orange dust that coats each morsel and gets all over your fingers. Ditto for a frozen pizza and chicken nuggets.
But what about a granola bar? An applesauce pouch? String cheese? Flavored yogurt? Surely these foods — snacks that millions of children and adults eat every day — are not bad, right?
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