Analysis reveals ultraprocessed food addiction behaviors are common in middle-aged adults, suggesting gender disparities.
A new study in Addiction found that among adults aged 50 to 80 years old, behaviors suggestive of ultraprocessed food addiction are especially common among middle-aged adults. And women may be more than twice as likely to be addicted to ultraprocessed foods than men.
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