Ultra-processed foods — demonized for years for their supposed effect on our waistlines — do not actually make people fat, according to a bombshell report.

The US government's top dietitians found 'limited' evidence these foods cause people to gain weight faster than any other food, after reviewing more than a dozen studies dating back to the 1990s.

The report has not been released in full and only segments have been uploaded online.

But the snippets suggest there is nothing intrinsic about processed food that causes obesity and that the amount of calories one eats is the most important factor for weight gain.

People have been hearing a lot about the health risks of ultra processed foods recently, which might make this report surprising, Carolyn Williams, a registered dietitian who was not involved in the review told DailyMail.com.

The report comes from the US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC), whose findings inform nutrition labels and public health recommendations for food.

'What they're saying is not that there is no relationship between ultra processed foods and larger body size or greater body fat,' Dr Williams told DailyMail.com.

'They're saying, right now, we don't have enough conclusive research to come out and say, avoid all ultra processed foods.'

This report comes from a group of 20 nutrition experts from across the country that are elected by the Department of Health and Human Services and the US Department of Agriculture to draft new national nutrition recommendations. T

The current group has gathered to make recommendations about what Americans should eat from 2025 to 2030, this report will likely inform their new guidelines.

They recommend that more research needs to be conducted before they are able to make rules about ultra processed foods.

The report has yet to be made live online, but two slides were shared in a screenshot from Kevin D Hall, a nutrition scientist at the National Institutes of Health, in an X post.

In their report, the DGCA said they had 'serious concerns' about bias in the studies that have linked ultra processed foods to weight gain.

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