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Food-system transformations will reshape human microbiomes and metabolic health.

open Global / Unspecified, Global

Ultra-processed foods, changing agriculture, and altered gut microbiota may fuel future epidemics of obesity and metabolic disease. Microbiome-targeted therapies and nutrition-policy analytics will be important.

health-biology global-unspecified will metabolic food-system transformations reshape human microbiomes health ultra-processed foods climate-environment new society-governance technology-computing food system

WS02044

By Ian Patel · 2026-07-22T20:40:00Z · Horizon: 10-20 years

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