Dieters can lose twice as much weight by avoiding ultra-processed foods (UPFs), a trial has found. Sticking to meals cooked from scratch could also help curb food cravings, researchers suggest. UPFs include the likes of processed meals, ice cream, crisps, some breakfast cereals, biscuits and fizzy drinks.

Avoiding ultra processed foods (UPFs) and eating minimally processed foods could help people lose twice as much weight, a new trial has found.

Drop the ultra-processed foods, a new study says. People lost twice as much weight on a diet with minimally processed foods compared to one with ultra-processed products, even though both diets were nutritionally matched,