Imagine this. You just had a full meal and your stomach is satisfied. But within an hour, you’re suddenly thinking about ...

The dietary and hygienic changes that people underwent as a result of the Black Plague could be the reason why human being are so fond of junk food 700 years later, scientists say. Those changes ...

But we beg to differ. In a series of studies published in the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, we found advertisements showing people eating junk food prompted people on a diet to eat less.

Recent research reported that people who eat 10% more UPFs than others have a 23% higher risk of head and neck cancer. A junk food diet was also linked to a 24% higher risk of cancer of the ...

A study of more than 200,000 people found those who ate the most amount of junk food were 29 percent more likely to develop the disease. It did not apply to women, perhaps because they eat more ...

People who eat a lot of junk food are more likely to die young, warns new research. The more ultra-processed products - such as burgers, sausages and chips - you eat, the more likely you are to ...

and there’s some early evidence that it’s already having a positive effect on the way people eat. Some countries in the European Union use a system called Nutri-Score that grades food products ...

“We should think of the food environment in just the same way, and not go out into a ‘climate’ of junk ... with eating calorie-dense foods high in fat and sugar, the study found. People ...

March 26, 2025 – Here's something that might surprise you: People with obesity aren't driven to eat more because they find junk foods especially pleasurable. It's actually the opposite.