[Series] Towards unified global action on ultra-processed foods: understanding commercial determinants, countering corporate power, and mobilising a public health response
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01567-3/fulltext?rss=yes

The rise of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in human diets is harming global public health. However, policy responses are still emerging—much like tobacco control efforts decades ago—indicating the need to understand root causes and accelerate global action. This paper, the third in a three-part Lancet Series, takes several steps to advance knowledge of these causes, and to inform a global public health response. First, we show that the UPF industry is a key driver of the problem, as its leading corporations and co-dependent actors have expanded and restructured food systems almost everywhere, in favour of ultra-processed diets.

[Series] Policies to halt and reverse the rise in ultra-processed food production, marketing, and consumption
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01566-1/fulltext?rss=yes

Dietary patterns high in ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have been associated with poor diet quality and health outcomes, and are displacing healthier dietary patterns—meals and dishes prepared with fresh and minimally processed foods—in most parts of the world. In the second paper of this Series, we propose a set of government policies aimed at halting and reversing the rise of UPFs worldwide. To date, policies have mainly focused on reducing consumption of foods high in added fats, sugar, and sodium, many of which are UPFs.

[Editorial] Ultra-processed foods: time to put health before profit
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)02322-0/fulltext?rss=yes

The rise of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in human diets is damaging public health, fuelling chronic diseases worldwide, and deepening health inequalities. Addressing this challenge requires a unified global response that confronts corporate power and transforms food systems to promote healthier, more sustainable diets, according to a new Lancet Series on UPFs and human health, published on Nov 19.

[Articles] Tracking the progress of maternal pertussis vaccination coverage among upper-middle- and high-income countries and territories — a systematic review and modeling study
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(25)00585-1/fulltext?rss=yes

MPV plays a key role for preventing pertussis, but MPV coverage needs to be improved, particularly in countries and territories where the pandemic may have had a long-term negative impact on MPV.

[Articles] Recipient-focused interventions to increase vaccine uptake in high and upper-middle income countries: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(25)00577-2/fulltext?rss=yes

Vaccination programmes in high and upper-middle income countries should prioritise ensuring vaccines are accessible, convenient, and affordable for the recipient. Efforts should be directed towards further investigating and optimising access and affordability interventions. The possible negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the effectiveness of affordability and multicomponent interventions should be monitored.