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 ...

A randomized controlled trial protocol will test whether the cardiometabolic risks linked to ultra-processed foods stem from ...

Experts are once again raising red flags about ultra-processed foods, or UPFs. And this time, they're armed with a growing body of data. In November, researchers published a trio of papers in The ...

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, ...

Diets high in ultra-processed foods are associated with an increased risk of chronic disease. Consider how to navigate ...

A bag of chips here, a flavored yogurt there, a frozen meal on a busy night. For many adults over 40, ultra-processed foods ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Newly released federal dietary guidelines for Americans call for fewer ultra-processed foods, but some public health experts are ...

CHICAGO — No one really knows what “ultra-processed food” means, but several schools of thought among consumers warrant the attention of grain and baked foods companies, food and consumer strategist ...

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

A new study analyzed data from 1,400 older adults in Amsterdam, tracking their diet habits and cognitive test scores over a decade. The results suggest that eating ultra-processed food wasn’t linked ...