Mexico says a government-sponsored junk food ban in schools has taken effect as the country tries to tackle one of the ...

The lack of a clear definition leads to ultra-processed food being variously described as ‘junk food’, ‘ready-to-eat food’, ‘processed food’ and ‘packaged food’. Also read ...

A bill in the Texas legislature would prohibit purchasing junk food, including soda, energy drinks, candy, chips and cookies, with SNAP benefits.

There’s even an AI system to help consumers select less-processed foods while shopping. But once you get past the important and obvious idea that junk food is harmful, the concept of ultra ...

Highly processed foods tend to spike blood sugar ... The more regularly you eat junk food, the more your ghrelin regulation can get thrown off balance, creating a cycle of constant, nagging ...

There is even an artificial intelligence (AI) system to help consumers select less-processed foods while shopping. But once you get past the important and obvious idea that junk food is harmful, the ...

Over time, the brain gets accustomed to this level of Dopamine ultimately requiring more and more junk food to attain the ...

Kennedy Jr. has also expressed his desire to restrict ultra-processed foods and ... the SNAP program is nutritious food essential to health and wellbeing. Well, junk food certainly doesn't fit ...

people eat more ultra-processed foods — they are designed to be addicting. Exactly which chemicals in ultra-processed and other junk foods lead to cravings and how is still being studied.

“It’s true that we eat more ultra-processed junk food than we ever have before,” Christopher Gardner, the director of nutrition studies at the Stanford Prevention Research Center, said in a ...