If your social media feed has suddenly filled with content about ultra-processed foods (UPFs), you're far from alone. Since ...

The nutritional epidemiologists and other scholars who have led this push in public health are out to challenge an entire ...

A recent study found that it's not just the low nutrient profile of ultra-processed foods that causes negative health effects ...

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) dominate diets in high-income countries and pose health risks beyond nutrient composition. Controlled trials show UPF-rich diets increase energy intake and weight gain.

As the nation’s top healthcare leaders consider how to define ultraprocessed foods, a new survey of consumer views on processed foods sought to learn what American adults thought the terms meant and ...

A new series of papers published in the American Journal of Public Health argue that ultra-processed foods are the new war on tobacco, and it's time to regulate them. The new papers add to evidence ...

Eating ultra-processed foods could lead to an increased risk of being diagnosed with precancerous colorectal growths for women under 50, according to new research. A study, published Thursday in JAMA ...

Limited studies have examined the effects of meals containing processed foods or ultra-processed foods (UPF) on appetite regulation and results were inconsistent and difficult to generalize. Therefore ...

A new study compared the effects of eating minimally-processed foods versus ultra-processed foods. The findings offered a few surprises. A new study compared a diet of minimally processed foods with a ...