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

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 ...

Researchers say the findings build on earlier evidence linking these foods to high blood pressure, cholesterol, and insulin ...

In A Nutshell Adults who ate more ultra-processed foods had higher levels of fat inside their thigh muscles, even after accounting for body weight, calorie intake, and lifestyle factors. Waist size ...

An experimental study looking into the health effects of a 3-week ultra-processed food diet found that such a diet impairs both metabolic and reproductive health compared to a diet based on ...

Cardiologists weigh in.

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 ...

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 ...

Ultra-processed food diets may impair muscle health, with MRI findings showing increased fat infiltration in individuals at ...