For decades, public health officials treated cigarettes as a dangerous consumer product. We taxed them, reduced or banned ...

UPFs are made to encourage addiction and consumption and should be regulated like tobacco, say researchers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ultraprocessed foods like donuts and pizza are particularly rewarding to a person's brain. For foods to be potentially addictive, ...

The City of San Francisco recently filed a lawsuit against the country largest manufacturers of ultraprocessed foods, ...

Some foods don’t just taste good—they trigger powerful cravings that keep you coming back for more. Scientists have found that highly processed foods rich in sugar, fat, and salt can activate the same ...

Health and Human Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. blamed the major tobacco companies for manufacturing bad, ultra-processed ...

Ultra-processed foods have become a primary scapegoat for nearly every conceivable health problem. When researchers cannot explain the cause or increased risk of a disease, they often cite ...

While taking part in a fast at the very beginning of the year, one which required me to forgo meats, processed foods and any drinks other than water (and maybe 100 percent fruit juice), I found myself ...

Up to 20% of people may have a food addiction or exhibit addictive-like eating behavior. Researchers studied addictive-like eating in 518 people, who got a list of 35 foods and rated how likely they ...