Ultra-processed foods have quietly shifted from occasional convenience to daily staple, and a sweeping body of research now links that shift to a long list of chronic diseases. The latest global ...

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are industrially modified products loaded with added fats, sugars, starches, salts and chemical ...

Eating more ultra-processed foods — like sodas, packaged snacks, and processed meats — was linked to a 47% higher risk of ...

The Trump Administration reset U.S. food policy earlier this year, promising to put “real food” at the center of health as ...

If you worry your product might be considered a UPF, use this risk mitigation checklist to prepare for whatever repercussions – regulatory, legal and otherwise – the future ...

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 ...

In 2019, about 4.9 million people around the world were living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Previous studies show that eating a diet high in ultra-processed foods can be problematic for ...

So far, the conversation around ultra-processed foods (UPFs) has focused on what these foods are, and how they can be identified. Much of the coverage around the health risks of UPFs have been linked ...

The new U.S. dietary guidelines call for eating less processed foods, but will Americans really stop reaching for them? More than half of the calories consumed at home by both adults and children in ...