Identifying unhealthy food is not as easy as one might think.

Here’s what to know about ultra-processed foods, and how Kennedy has said he plans to shape the U.S. food system.

One day recently, my son had two long, back-to-back doctor appointments, which meant he was in the car and in waiting rooms for much of the afternoon. His lunch and snack would not have earned me a ...

Not all ultra-processed foods are created equal, writes specialist dietitian Nichola Ludlam-Raine, and there are some that ...

How do ultra-processed foods affect diabetes? Here’s the latest evidence. Image credit: Maskot/Getty Images Research published in Nature Communications in 2023 estimates that around 70% of the food ...

Ultra-processed foods and research into their health effects has gained attention in recent years. Yet despite growing interest, confusion—and even controversy—remains about how these foods fit into a ...

Full Professor of the Public Nutrition Unit of the Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, Universidad de Chile Phillip Baker has received funding from the Australian Research Council, Bloomberg ...

So far, the conversation around ultra-processed foods (UPFs) has focused on what these foods are, and how they can be identified. Much of the coverage around the health risks of UPFs have been linked ...

The Trump administration’s highly anticipated federal dietary recommendations are likely to reverse decades of nutrition recommendations that have long been the status quo on saturated fats, ...

Americans increasingly factor processing into food choices, but inconsistent definitions and tradeoffs around convenience and cost leave room for clearer communication, according to new IFIC research ...

A Virginia Tech study shows that ultra-processed foods may influence adolescents differently from slightly older young adults. Participants aged 18 to 21 ate more at a buffet and snacked even when not ...