A new study published last month in The American Journal of Medicine found that adults that consumed higher rates of ultra-processed foods have a nearly 47% increased risk of cardiovascular disease ...

The vast majority of baby foods, drinks and snacks sold in the United States for children ages 6 months to 36 months are ultraprocessed and may contain additives increasingly linked to potential ...

More than half of calories consumed in the United States come from ultra-processed foods (UPFs), items like fast food and packaged snacks that are often high in sodium, sugar and unhealthy fats. In ...

Introducing front-of-package labelling on processed food products is an essential part of establishing the right to health that begins with prevention ...

Over the past years the increased consumption of overly processed and ultra-processed foods has contributed to a less healthy populace. I have provided a number of columns on the deleterious effects ...

Sixteen years ago, food scientists in Brazil created a new system called Nova, which grouped foods into four ascending health categories based on processing. At the time, the scientists noted that the ...

Scientists are increasingly pointing to everyday ultra-processed foods as a quiet threat to the gut, linking industrial ...