{"id":560370,"date":"2026-07-02T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/ultra-processed-foods-and-cardiovascular-risk-the-new-aha-position\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T18:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:05:00","slug":"ultra-processed-foods-and-cardiovascular-risk-the-new-aha-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/ultra-processed-foods-and-cardiovascular-risk-the-new-aha-position\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultra-Processed Foods and Cardiovascular Risk\u2014The New AHA Position"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ultra-processed<em> foods (UPFs <\/em>) account for a significant portion of energy intake in Western countries\u2014in the United States, an estimated more than half. Given this ubiquity and a growing number of observational studies linking high UPF consumption to cardiometabolic diseases, the <em>American Heart Association<\/em> (AHA) issued its first comprehensive statement on the matter in 2025 in the form of a Science Advisory. The tone is noteworthy: The AHA carefully evaluates the evidence, warns against overinterpretation, and deliberately refrains from making blanket recommendations. For cardiologists and primary care physicians, it is worthwhile to understand this nuanced stance\u2014precisely because the issue is often sensationalized in public discourse.   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">Dieser Inhalt ist nur f\u00fcr Benutzer der Gruppe: Medizinische Fachperson zug\u00e4nglich <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/my-account\/packages\/\">Jetzt beitreten<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/log-in\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmedizinonline.com%2Fen%2Fultra-processed-foods-and-cardiovascular-risk-the-new-aha-position%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ultra-processed foods (UPFs ) account for a significant portion of energy intake in Western countries\u2014in the United States, an estimated more than half. Given this ubiquity and a growing number&#8230;&hellip;... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">Dieser Inhalt ist nur f\u00fcr Benutzer der Gruppe: Medizinische Fachperson zug\u00e4nglich <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/my-account\/packages\/\">Jetzt beitreten<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/log-in\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmedizinonline.com%2Fen%2Fultra-processed-foods-and-cardiovascular-risk-the-new-aha-position%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":560371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","cat_1_feature_home_top":false,"cat_2_editor_pick":false,"csco_eyebrow_text":"Cardiology and Nutrition","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"category":[11548,11359,11384,11297,11388,11460,11503],"tags":[26604,16775,95233,95234],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"class_list":["post-560370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rx-en","category-cardiology","category-endocrinology-and-diabetology","category-general-internal-medicine","category-nutrition","category-prevention-and-health-care","category-studies","tag-aha-en","tag-american-heart-association-en","tag-nova-classification","tag-ultra-processed-foods","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-1","pmpro-no-access"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-23 05:07:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"wpml_current_locale":"en_US","wpml_translations":{"fr_FR":{"locale":"fr_FR","id":560852,"slug":"aliments-ultra-transformes-et-risque-cardiovasculaire-la-nouvelle-prise-de-position-de-laha","post_title":"Aliments ultra-transform\u00e9s et risque cardiovasculaire : la nouvelle prise de position de l'AHA","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/fr\/aliments-ultra-transformes-et-risque-cardiovasculaire-la-nouvelle-prise-de-position-de-laha\/"},"it_IT":{"locale":"it_IT","id":560855,"slug":"alimenti-ultra-trasformati-e-rischio-cardiovascolare-la-nuova-posizione-dellaha","post_title":"Alimenti ultra-trasformati e rischio cardiovascolare: la nuova posizione dell\u2019AHA","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/it\/alimenti-ultra-trasformati-e-rischio-cardiovascolare-la-nuova-posizione-dellaha\/"},"pt_PT":{"locale":"pt_PT","id":560858,"slug":"alimentos-ultraprocessados-e-risco-cardiovascular-a-nova-posicao-da-aha","post_title":"Alimentos ultraprocessados e risco cardiovascular \u2013 a nova posi\u00e7\u00e3o da AHA","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/pt-pt\/alimentos-ultraprocessados-e-risco-cardiovascular-a-nova-posicao-da-aha\/"},"es_ES":{"locale":"es_ES","id":560861,"slug":"alimentos-ultraprocesados-y-riesgo-cardiovascular-la-nueva-postura-de-la-aha","post_title":"Alimentos ultraprocesados y riesgo cardiovascular: la nueva postura de la AHA","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/es\/alimentos-ultraprocesados-y-riesgo-cardiovascular-la-nueva-postura-de-la-aha\/"}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":560372,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560370\/revisions\/560372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category?post=560370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560370"},{"taxonomy":"powerkit_post_featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/powerkit_post_featured?post=560370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}