The latest nutrition guidelines urge Americans to avoid highly processed food. But when it comes to carbs, many people don't ...

Experts dug into decades of research to show how ultra-processed foods are designed for maximum reward, rapid absorption, and ...

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 ...

Food can be many things to many people: comfort, memories, gathering, tradition. At the same time, conversations about food ...

Researchers found more than 100 additives used in baby foods, many of which are added to sweeten, salt, or thicken products for infants and toddlers.

They're tasty, affordable and satisfy fast -- ultra-processed foods dominate the American diet, accounting for more than half of the calories consumed by the average adult, and even more for children.

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If you’ve ever tried to lose weight, you’ve probably been told that cooking your own meals is the way to go. This has been backed up by a recent study, which found that people who ate home-cooked, ...

Food Intelligence: The Science of How Food Both Nourishes and Harms Us Julia Belluz & Kevin Hall Avery (2025) In 2019, Kevin Hall, a physicist turned nutrition researcher, published a landmark study 1 ...

Food choices? Those are for the government to decide. That’s the message behind a lawsuit filed by San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu against "some of the country’s largest manufacturers of ...