Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has described ultraprocessed foods as “poison.” ...
In a new study, researchers have linked diets high in fat and sugar with lower cognitive skills — a grim sign that ubiquitous “junk food” could be bad for our brains as well as our bodies. As ...
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced a plan to restrict the types of food that can be purchased with food stamps, becoming one of the first governors to seek federal permission to ban items ...
For decades, the junk food industry successfully lobbied federal officials to allow SNAP recipients to use their benefits to buy items such as soft drinks, candy, and other sugar-filled, ...
As they navigate supermarket aisles, recipients of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program don't have to wonder which food in their carts will be covered. Other than alcohol, medicine, ...
CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Thursday urged the Illinois State Board of Education to expand its proposed definition of junk food to include baked potato chips and Cheetos, and he suggested ...