Ultra-processed food makes up more than half of the food eaten in the United States. While some foods are fine in moderation, eating too much can affect your health. Here’s what you need to know about ...

Pittsburgh — Scan any aisle in a convenience or grocery store, and those brightly packaged, bold lettered, sweet-and-salty options are likely to be ultra-processed. The term has been in the news a lot ...

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. The foods we eat as young children help set ...

Ultra-processed foods have been enemy No.1 in nutrition over the past decade, but it can be tough to know which products fall into this category when you’re staring at grocery store shelves. Now, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The term "ultra-processed foods" has become common when discussing how healthy -- or unhealthy -- American diets are. A report ...

A startling new report reveals 71% of baby foods are ultra-processed sugar bombs. Here's how to spot the fakes and feed your kid real food.

This week, I wrote about a new proposed definition for ultra-processed foods, which prompted excellent follow-up questions from readers. Many wanted to better understand why these products are ...

CHICAGO — No one really knows what “ultra-processed food” means, but several schools of thought among consumers warrant the attention of grain and baked foods companies, food and consumer strategist ...

Here’s what to know about ultra-processed foods, and how Kennedy has said he plans to shape the U.S. food system.

Scientific research has made it abundantly clear that there is no upside to eating ultra-processed foods, at least as far as health is concerned. Regularly eating ultra-processed foods increases the ...

Medically reviewed by Jonathan Purtell, RDN Key Takeaways The 10:1 carb-to-fiber rule helps identify whether a grain-based food is ultra-processed.White breads, pastas, rice, and many snack foods ...

Higher levels of ultra-processed food in the diet are associated with more fat in the muscles and a greater risk of conditions like osteoarthritis, recent research has found. "In an adult population ...