Ultra-Processed Foods Associated With Smaller Brain Regions in Young Children, Study Finds Study Links Processed Food Intake to Brain Structure Differences Every 10% increase in the share of daily calories that young children derive from ultra-processed foods was associated with a nearly 2% reduction in the volume of subcortical brain regions, including the amygdala and thalamus, according to a new study from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. The findings were published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and funded by the National Institutes of Health, according to the report. [1] Researchers tracked 144 Latino children from infancy through age 6,…

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