New Study Suggests: Ultra-Processed Foods 'Encourage Addiction' and Should Be Regulated ...

For many, the foods they enjoy most may be quietly harming their health. New research published in the journal Addiction shows that ultra-processed food (UPF) addiction may now be more common among ...

A national survey found that many adults ages 50–80 meet clinical criteria for addiction-like responses to ultra-processed foods. Middle-aged women, especially those in Generation X, show notably ...

Walk into any grocery store and you'll see it: aisles filled with brightly colored packages containing ready-to-eat meals, ...

We can’t afford another sweeping restructuring of the food supply based on imprecise interventions and uncertain science,” ...

Eating more than nine servings of ultra-processed foods daily was linked to a 67% higher risk of major heart events Each ...

Eating ultra-processed foods (UPFs) could lead to an addiction disorder, a new study suggests, prompting calls for some products to be labelled as addictive. UPFs are now simply part of the flavour of ...

Despite its widespread use, "ultra-processed" food does not have a universal definition. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he’d like to define it by April. So far, ...

And much of the blame for this can be placed on how we eat. The question, of course, is which part of our diets is ...

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) should face stricter regulation, a study has argued, after it found that they were more similar to cigarettes than to fruit and vegetables. Evidence from 50 countries now ...

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 ...