For Dawon Matthews, entrepreneurship wasn’t just a choice—it was a necessity. After being charged with a felony at 19, companies rejected him, prompting him to forge his own career path. Now 32, ...

Over the past decade, India has seen an explosion in the availability of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) such as biscuits, chips ...

The Lancet Series on ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and human health reveals that global proliferation of UPFs has become one ...

A report conducted by the Scottish government assessed the ban's effectiveness by looking at the existing evidence on policy ...

Half of the cheap-and-tasty paradigm that makes junk food so appealing is collapsing: Many of those guilty-pleasure treats aren’t so cheap anymore. More than any impact weight-loss drugs like Ozempic ...

Alice Callahan, a reporter for the Well desk, explored the history of ultraprocessed foods and how they became a major threat to our health. By Sarah Bahr Frozen meals were a staple of Sarah Bahr’s ...

The Goop founder opened up to British Vogue in an interview for the publication's November cover story Victor Boyko/Getty Gwyneth Paltrow's most recent junk food indulgence was chocolate-covered Oreos ...

One recurring (and vexing) problem with nutrition research is how inaccurately many studies are communicated. This is most likely to happen on social media and dubious online “media outlets,” but it ...

Indulging in cheeseburgers, fries and other junk foods may do more than add inches to the waistline—they could also quickly impair memory. This is the warning of a new study by researchers from the ...

Scientists from the UNC School of Medicine recently discovered that junk food disrupts memory circuits in the brain almost instantaneously. Within just four days, neurons in the hippocampus became ...