Potatoes are perhaps the simplest example of how a single food item can sometimes be healthy and other times lack nutrition, ...

Even the ultra-processed foods that are touted as healthy could foil an attempt to diet, according to new research that finds weight loss is greater when ultra-processed foods are avoided. Researchers ...

Share on Pinterest Struggling to lose weight? Discard the ultra-processed foods, a new study suggests. Image credit: kanonsky/Getty Images People whose diet contained fewer processed foods lost more ...

Fast food can arrive at your door in under 30 minutes, and ultra-processed snacks are even easier to reach for. That convenience makes healthy eating feel like extra work. Some foods are barely ...

Almost every day, we hear a different expert urge us to avoid ultra-processed foods (UPFs). And it totally makes sense, since studies show the more UPFs we eat, the higher our risk of everything from ...

As a caregiver, you may read or hear about a lot of different nutrition "rules," especially for athletes. Recently, a lot of those rules and taboos are around processed foods. However, healthy ...

More than half of the calories Americans eat daily come from ultraprocessed foods — and that’s not a good thing. These foods, such as cereals, candy and frozen meals, have been linked to adverse ...

A new “Non-UPF” certification label will soon help Americans easily identify foods that are not ultra-processed, providing clearer guidance in grocery aisles. The certification, created by the Non-UPF ...

The American diet is killing us. On that point, public health experts largely agree. And in recent years, people who want to make Americans healthier — across the ideological spectrum — are targeting ...

We all know that ultraprocessed foods aren’t the healthiest choice, but not all ultraprocessed foods have the same impact on our health. It can depend on how much a food is processed and for what ...

I recently provided a column on the alarming health status of adolescents in the U.S. There is a close association between many of the negative health outcomes associated with the increasing ...