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Sarah Todd returned to reporting in January 2025 after being assignment editor at STAT since October 2022. You can reach Sarah on Signal at sarahlizchar.47. As the Trump administration looks to create ...

The Food Standards Agency notes that research has shown the consumption of ultra-processed foods is linked to lower levels of health. Recent studies have noted that a pro-inflammatory diet, including ...

Americans now get 55% of their daily calories from ultra-processed foods, according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted between August 2021 and August 2023.

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. Older adults can dramatically reduce the amount of ultraprocessed foods they eat while keeping a familiar, balanced diet – and this shift leads to ...

A Virginia Tech study shows that ultra-processed foods may influence adolescents differently from slightly older young adults. Participants aged 18 to 21 ate more at a buffet and snacked even when not ...

In the first lawsuit of its kind, the city of San Francisco is suing 11 of the nation’s top food companies, saying they sell ultra-processed food knowing they are harmful to health. By some estimates, ...

Research shows that around 70% of the food supply chain in the United States consists of ultra-processed foods. A recent study shows that around one in 10 new cases of type 2 diabetes and around 3% of ...

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