While ultra-processed foods are often tied to health issues, a decade-long study suggests they do not speed up cognitive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ultra-processed foods make up a large proportion of the average person’s diet in the UK. (demaerre via Getty Images) You only need ...

Eating more ultra-processed foods may raise heart attack and stroke risk by nearly 50%.

As I push my cart into my favorite grocery store, I stop and look at the shoppers — my neighbors — around me. Do they realize that nearly 70% of the food available to purchase for their families is ...

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are industrially altered products—like soda, snacks and processed meats—packed with additives and stripped of nutrients. Hundreds of new ingredients, previously unknown to ...

For the first time, the U.S. government is urging people to avoid "highly processed" foods, which it says are driving diet-related diseases. But this recommendation puts many Americans in a ...

A controlled feeding study out of South Dakota State University shows that older adults who ate fewer ultra-processed foods naturally consumed fewer calories, lost weight and abdominal fat, and showed ...

California is rewriting the rules of school lunch, and the ripple effects could reach far beyond cafeteria trays. With one signature, the Golden State became the first in the nation to legally define ...

"Introducing babies to foods that are overly sweet, salty and packed with additives can set the stage for unhealthy preferences..." said study author Elizabeth Dunford Kimberlee Speakman is a digital ...