Medically reviewed by Elizabeth Barnes, RDN Experts generally recommend limiting processed foods in your diet, but there are ...

When food manufacturers decide what to put on labels, they have one goal: to get you to buy the food. And the history of Americans’ diets can be read in the history of food labels. Whatever the ...

A new study links diets high in ultra-processed foods to unhealthy fat where muscle tissue should be, specifically in the thighs. Too much intramuscular fat in the thigh can raise the risk of chronic ...

This slogan for Lay’s potato chips seemed endearing in mid-20th-century America, before the rise of the obesity epidemic. Looking back from today, it foreshadowed a food industry that, critics contend ...

For many people interested in health and well-being, the idea of ultra-processed food, or UPF, has become more than a technical term in nutrition research. In public debate, it often serves as ...

Walk into any grocery store and you'll see it: aisles filled with brightly colored packages containing ready-to-eat meals, quick snacks and flavored drinks—often billed as "healthy." They save time.

A new study suggests that people who eat more ultra-processed foods have poorer bone health. Sibila and Pavel/Stocksy Eating more ultra-processed foods is associated with poorer bone health. Research ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (InvestigateTV) - Ultra-processed foods have been linked to chronic health conditions such as heart disease, obesity, and cancer. A 2025 study found that those foods make up more than ...

New research has found a link between a high intake of ultra-processed foods and reduced fertility in men. For women, the study also identified a connection between a diet high in ultra-processed ...

Highly moralised food messaging may encourage disordered eating patterns. superbeststock/Shutterstock For many people interested in health and wellbeing, the idea of ...