# Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/ultra-processed-people/ 3 people recommended Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** People recommend it as a readable, scientifically careful overview of ultraprocessed food research, covering the obesity research community and the history of the theory. Summary written by Claude from 5 comments. ## Why people recommend it - Readable, scientifically careful overview of research (2 comments in the sample): "a scientifically literate and yet quite readable overview of research into ultraprocessed foods" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50039703)) "the author was very careful to only pin on UPF's what could be proved to be true" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50039896)) ## Other popular science books people recommend - [Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter](https://hackerapproved.com/p/g-del-escher-bach/): 37 recommend, 9 mixed, 10 criticize - [The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins](https://hackerapproved.com/p/selfish-gene/): 13 recommend, 1 mixed, 5 criticize - [Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/thinking-fast-and-slow/): 13 recommend, 2 mixed, 13 criticize - [Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows](https://hackerapproved.com/p/thinking-in-systems/): 13 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ultra-processed-people/ (3 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.