Maira Bes-Rastrollo

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Maira Bes-Rastrollo is a professor of preventive medicine and public health at the University of Navarra whose research on ultra-processed food has been widely covered in the media. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. Gallagher, James (30 May 2019). "Ultra-processed food linked to early death" via www.bbc.co.uk.
  2. "Why you should cut 'ultraprocessed' foods from your diet as much as possible". NBC News.
  3. Sample, Ian (29 May 2019). "Heavily processed food like ready meals and ice-cream linked to early death" via www.theguardian.com.
  4. Scutti, Susan. "Ultraprocessed foods are easy, cheap and could be killing you". CNN.