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 ...

The Milbank Quarterly finds makers used tobacco-like tactics — pairing refined carbs and fats with sensory design — to ...

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 ...

In a new study, people who ate more ultra-processed food performed worse at attention tasks and had higher modifiable ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Metabolic and bariatric surgery can produce major early weight loss and cardiometabolic benefits, yet many patients face later challenges such as weight ...