Ultra-processed foods, often chosen for their convenience, may be much more dangerous for the heart than previously thought.

Ultra-processed foods and research into their health effects has gained attention in recent years. Yet despite growing interest, confusion—and even controversy—remains about how these foods fit into a ...

Eating more ultra-processed foods sharply raises the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and death, with each serving adding to the danger.

Despite its widespread use, "ultra-processed" food does not have a universal definition. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he’d like to define it by April. So far, ...

Experts are once again raising red flags about ultra-processed foods, or UPFs. And this time, they're armed with a growing body of data. In November, researchers published a trio of papers in The ...

An experimental study looking into the health effects of a 3-week ultra-processed food diet found that such a diet impairs ...

Ultra-processed foods raise clinical weakness risk in haemodialysis patients. Learn how diet impacts outcomes. Read more.

Researchers say the findings build on earlier evidence linking these foods to high blood pressure, cholesterol, and insulin resistance — key drivers of long-term cardiovascular disease. A new study ...

A new study analyzed data from 1,400 older adults in Amsterdam, tracking their diet habits and cognitive test scores over a decade. The results suggest that eating ultra-processed food wasn’t linked ...

KANSAS CITY — An upcoming US federal definition of ultra-processed foods may affect non-nutritive sweeteners used in sugar reduction, not only artificial sweeteners but potentially those perceived by ...