When food manufacturers decide what to put on labels, they have one goal: to get you to buy the food. And the history of Americans’ diets can be read in the history of food labels. Whatever the ...

A new study links diets high in ultra-processed foods to unhealthy fat where muscle tissue should be, specifically in the thighs. Too much intramuscular fat in the thigh can raise the risk of chronic ...

How do young adults identify what what ultra-processed foods are in America, or across the world? Research looks at how we see healthy ...

The marketers of ultra-processed foods have taken a leaf out of the tobacco industry's playbook to make their foods more ...

This slogan for Lay’s potato chips seemed endearing in mid-20th-century America, before the rise of the obesity epidemic. Looking back from today, it foreshadowed a food industry that, critics contend ...

UPFs dominate health debates, yet researchers still disagree on what the term means and how useful it really is.

A study comparing different types of ultra-processed food found that some types are far healthier than others ...

Walk into any grocery store and you'll see it: aisles filled with brightly colored packages containing ready-to-eat meals, quick snacks and flavored drinks—often billed as "healthy." They save time.

By exploring how ultra-processed food consumption impacts muscle composition, this study provides valuable insights into dietary influences on muscle health. Why diet quality matters for joints "This ...

New research has found a link between a high intake of ultra-processed foods and reduced fertility in men. For women, the study also identified a connection between a diet high in ultra-processed ...