New Study Suggests: Ultra-Processed Foods 'Encourage Addiction' and Should Be Regulated ...

Let me be honest with you right upfront. I went into this experiment feeling smug, righteous, and fully convinced I was about to unlock some kind of glowing, energized, magazine-cover version of ...

Eating ultra-processed foods (UPFs) could lead to an addiction disorder, a new study suggests, prompting calls for some products to be labelled as addictive. UPFs are now simply part of the flavour of ...

A national survey found that many adults ages 50–80 meet clinical criteria for addiction-like responses to ultra-processed foods. Middle-aged women, especially those in Generation X, show notably ...

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) should face stricter regulation, a study has argued, after it found that they were more similar to cigarettes than to fruit and vegetables. Evidence from 50 countries now ...

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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, ...

Cardiologists weigh in.