I recently provided a column on the alarming health status of adolescents in the U.S. There is a close association between many of the negative health outcomes associated with the increasing ...

In November 2025, a group of the world’s leading experts on ultra-processed foods (UPFs) came together to review the latest ...

Newly released federal dietary guidelines for Americans call for fewer ultra-processed foods, but some public health experts ...

Avoiding ultra-processed foods can cut daily calorie intake by 330 calories, even while eating more by weight. A new study ...

What are ultra-processed foods? - Regularly eating these foods can result in 28 per cent faster rate of cognitive decline ...

Lately, it seems like everyone is talking about the negative health effects of ultra-processed food. The only surprising thing about this conversation is how long it took for it to happen. Most ...

They were the first generation of Americans to grow up with ultra-processed foods all around them – products typically loaded with extra fat, salt, sugar and flavorings. They were children and young ...

A dip in ultra-processed food consumption, evolving protein trends and a new coalition for transparent labeling all point to a food industry in transition – driven by consumers who want cleaner, ...

On the same day President Donald Trump’s administration targeted ultra-processed foods in its new federal nutrition ...

New research by a University of Michigan psychologist and colleagues makes the strongest case yet that ultra-processed foods—including chips, cookies, soda and other heavily engineered products—aren't ...

Comparing the industry’s tactics to those of Big Tobacco, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu filed what he called a “first-of-its-kind” lawsuit against several of the nation’s largest ...