Recent research has linked higher consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) to poorer attention, elevated dementia risk factors, and a wide range of chronic health conditions. The findings add ...

This piece by Yahir Robles won third place in the Health and Science Journalism Workshop for high school students. More than half of what Americans eat and drink comes from ultra-processed foods and ...

Some folks don't mind eating ultra-processed food, but for those who prefer to avoid it, make sure the bread you pick up ...

Ultra-processed foods and research into their health effects has gained attention in recent years. Yet despite growing interest, confusion—and even controversy—remains about how these foods fit into a ...

An otherwise healthy diet won't counteract the adverse effects of ultra-processed foods, either, the study finds ...

Our environment drives many of the choices we make around what we eat. Evidence shows that to encourage consumers to make ...

Despite its widespread use, "ultra-processed" food does not have a universal definition. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he’d like to define it by April. So far, ...

In a new study, people who ate more ultra-processed food performed worse at attention tasks and had higher modifiable ...

There's already been a lot said about ultra-processed foods and their potential effects on human health. Food & Wine has diligently tracked the latest scientific findings, which indicate that ...

Even small increases in ultra-processed foods can lead to poorer brain function, regardless of diet quality, a new study has ...

Eating more ultra-processed foods — like sodas, packaged snacks, and processed meats — was linked to a 47% higher risk of heart attack or stroke in a large U.S. adult sample. Researchers measured how ...

Doctors and dieticians warn that ultra-processed foods cause fatigue, irritability, and several health complications. Here's ...