Ultra-Processed People
Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tullekenby Chris van Tulleken
Shares rank 26 of 50 popular science books by recommenders
People recommend it as a readable, scientifically careful overview of ultraprocessed food research, covering the obesity research community and the history of the theory.
People recommend it as a readable, scientifically careful overview of ultraprocessed food research, covering the obesity research community and the history of the theory.
4 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 4
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 4 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
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Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Readable, scientifically careful overview of research
“a scientifically literate and yet quite readable overview of research into ultraprocessed foods”
Comment from 11 Oct 2026 in “Food processing influences metabolism and brain activity” “the author was very careful to only pin on UPF's what could be proved to be true”
Comment from 11 Oct 2026 in “Food processing influences metabolism and brain activity”
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| The Selfish Geneby Richard Dawkins | 14 | 5 | 74% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Ultra-Processed Peopleby Chris van TullekenThis page | 4 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I felt the book did a good job interviewing members of the obesity research community and tracing the history of the theory.”
“the author was very careful to only pin on UPF's what could be proved to be true”
“a scientifically literate and yet quite readable overview of research into ultraprocessed foods”
“I always recommend people to read / listen to”
“I highly recommend Chris van Tulleken's Ultra-processed people for a more indepth read on this fat correlation”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.