Ultra-processed foods line store shelves and fill daily routines, so most people treat them as ordinary parts of modern eating. Now, a new paper from researchers at Harvard, the University of Michigan ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There's already been a lot said about ultra-processed foods and their potential effects on human health. Food & Wine has diligently tracked the latest scientific findings, which indicate that ...

Eating greater amounts of ultra-processed foods is significantly associated with a higher likelihood MS in childhood or ...

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 ...

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, ...

Between the 1980s and the 2000s, tobacco giants such as Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds directly controlled global food brands like Kraft and Nabisco. That overlap was not only corporate but also ...

For many, a new year comes with a renewed look at what we’re eating. We hear the words “processed” and “ultra-processed” a lot these days, but what do those words really mean when it comes to what’s ...

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 ...