Walk into any grocery store and you'll see it: aisles filled with brightly colored packages containing ready-to-eat meals, ...

A qualitative study of 30 UK adults found that many people see ultra-processed foods as unhealthy but struggle to define them ...

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 ...

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, ...

The American diet is killing us. On that point, public health experts largely agree. And in recent years, people who want to make Americans healthier — across the ideological spectrum — are targeting ...

New research suggests that frequent consumption of ultra-processed foods is linked to a significant decline in mental wellbeing and a higher prevalence of clinical mental distress. The findings ...

When it comes to highly or ultra-processed foods, consumers display a disparity between what they say is important to them ...

Researchers found that a diet high in ultra-processed foods is associated with higher amounts of fat stored inside thigh ...

For many, a new year comes with a renewed look at what we’re eating. We hear the words “processed” and “ultra-processed” a lot these days, but what do those words really mean when it comes to what’s ...