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Human "biology was never intended to handle" ultraprocessed foods, former FDA head David Kessler warns - CBS News

Published by CBS News By Bill Whitaker · 10 August 2026 at 02:00
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Human "biology was never intended to handle" ultraprocessed foods, former FDA head David Kessler warns - CBS News
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There are Americans who are "obscenely obese and at the same time malnourished," Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says. He blames ultraprocessed food.

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