A landmark Canadian study has placed a number on a quiet epidemic: between 23 and 38 percent of cardiovascular deaths may be traced to the ultra-processed foods that have become the default diet of modern life. Presented at an international obesity congress and published in a leading preventive medicine journal, the research estimates that halving consumption of these foods could spare more than 8,300 Canadian lives each year. For the UAE, where cardiovascular disease claims 40 percent of all lives compared to Canada's 25 percent, the findings carry particular weight — a reminder that the choi
Canadian study links ultra-processed foods to over a third of cardiovascular deaths
Study estimates over 8,300 lives in Canada could be saved annually by halving ultra-processed food consumption; CVD causes 40% of deaths in UAE.