Food stamp recipients could soon be barred from using their benefits to buy chips, sodas and other types of junk food under a bill that passed the Texas Senate. “This bill isn’t about limiting ...

Industrialized products in Mexico carry a new warning level to indicate high levels of certain substances. A law banning unhealthy food at public schools in Mexico took effect Monday. In the fall, ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A government-sponsored junk food ban in schools across Mexico took effect on Saturday, officials said, as the country tries to tackle one of the world’s worst obesity and ...

So yes, losing weight while eating junk food may sound like a fantasy. But rewiring the brain’s reward system? That’s a very real, very promising place to start. Josh Hawkins has been writing ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A bill that would lead to a prohibition on “junk food” purchases with SNAP benefits in Tennessee has been put on ice for the year. During a Senate Health and ...

When it comes to foodie videos featuring adorable kids, we just cannot resist watching. Whether it is little ones tasting lemon for the first time, smearing their faces with ice cream, or stubbornly ...

(An earlier analysis by Mint Plain Facts had found high sugar ... a clear definition leads to ultra-processed food being variously described as ‘junk food’, ‘ready-to-eat food’, ‘process ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – House Republicans are advancing a proposal to restrict Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients from using benefits to buy junk food. The effort, championed ...

Multiple Republican lawmakers are pushing proposals to ban the purchase of unhealthy foods through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which is meant to help low-income families.

Bringing back the pleasure could help people break the habit of overeating. The pleasure we get from eating junk food -- the dopamine rush from crunching down on salty, greasy French fries and a ...