UltraProcessed

Consuming large amounts of ultra-processed food, such as drinks containing artificial sweeteners, snacks and ready meals, is associated with a higher risk of depression, research from the US has concluded. Researchers at Massachusetts…

World-wide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975, according to the World Health Organization. Numerous causes of obesity have been hypothesized including increased dietary fat, carbohydrate or ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption,…

Ultra-processed foods -- including industrially produced packaged snacks, fruit-flavored drinks, and hot dogs -- have been linked to health issues ranging from weight gain to certain cancers. So where are the food policies helping Americans…

Scientists at the USDA Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center led a studythat demonstrates it is possible to build a healthy diet with 91 percent of the calories coming from ultra-processed foods…

Diet-related disease—which includes obesity, heart attack, strokes, cancer, and dementia—is the leading cause of early death in the UK. Driving it is a set of industrially processed products that are sold as food, known formally as…

LoadingWhat are UPFs and what makes them uniquely bad? Baking a batch of biscuits at home is different to eating UPFs, but why? It’s not just about sugar, Lane explains, although what we make at home is likely to have less sugar (and salt…

Scientists have known for years that unhealthy diets – particularly those that are high in fat and sugar – may cause detrimental changes to the brain and lead to cognitive impairment. Many factors that contribute to cognitive decline…

Elana Gotkine MONDAY, Feb. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Higher consumption of ultra-processed food (UPF) is associated with increased cancer burden and cancer-related mortality, especially ovarian…

Higher consumption of ultra-processed foods may be linked to an increased risk of developing and dying from cancer, an Imperial College London-led observational study suggests. Researchers from Imperial’s School of Public Health have…

Dennis Thompson WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Fizzy sodas, microwaveable meals and packaged cookies are convenient for people on the go, but these folks might not go as far as they’d like…