A neuroscientist explains how highly processed foods may be key to “food addiction.” She also reveals some solutions ...

While ultra-processed foods are already tied to various health problems, emerging research suggests they could seriously harm your immune system. Highly processed foods like fast food and packaged ...

Ultra-processed food and snacks may be trashing your brain. Women who ate processed grub such as white bread, soda, chicken nuggets and hot dogs in midlife are more likely to have cognitive decline ...

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 ...

Breakfast cereal, packaged snacks, and sugary drinks may seem harmless in moderation. Yet new research suggests that eating too many highly processed items could raise the odds of developing early ...

The USDA and Food and Drug Administration will define “ultra-processed foods,” trying to distinguish between healthy processed foods and processed foods linked to heart disease, diabetes, cancer, ...

The global rise of ultra-processed foods in diets worldwide poses a major public health threat, according to experts who published a series of papers in medical journal The Lancet. The authors cite ...

New research shows that diets high in ultra-processed foods may be connected to a higher risk of Crohn's disease.

More than half of the calories consumed by Americans come from highly processed foods such as sugary breakfast cereals, flavored chips and soda, according to a new report. Americans, on average, get ...