Team Grant: Health Effects of Ultra-Processed Foods

The objectives of the Team Grants: Health Effects of Ultra-Processed Foods funding opportunity are to fund new interdisciplinary research that will generate evidence on the health impacts of UPFs to inform policies and regulations that will improve health equity and the health of Canadians across the lifespan by:

• Investigating the biological mechanisms through which UPFs as a whole or their specific components contribute to the development and progression of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) at different ages and life stages and/or lead to accelerated biological aging with onset of frailty and cognitive decline. 
• Understanding the structural determinants of UPF production, distribution, regulation and consumption in Canada and globally and their inequitable impacts on population health.

Note that applicants will not be required to meet both objectives in their respective application.