Why San Francisco is suing top U.S. food manufacturers over ultra-processed foods In the first lawsuit of its kind, the city of San Francisco is suing 11 of the nation’s top food companies, saying ...

The American diet is killing us. On that point, public health experts largely agree. And in recent years, people who want to make Americans healthier — across the ideological spectrum — are targeting ...

We’ve all heard it: Eat clean. Shop smart. Avoid ultra-processed foods. “There’s that famous potato chip commercial: ‘You can't eat just one.’ That's the whole point. The purpose of food companies is ...

As I push my cart into my favorite grocery store, I stop and look at the shoppers — my neighbors — around me. Do they realize that nearly 70% of the food available to purchase for their families is ...

On the same day President Donald Trump’s administration targeted ultra-processed foods in its new federal nutrition guidelines, Penn researcher Alyssa Moran published an academic journal article ...

Britain is at the centre of a “public health emergency”, experts warn today, as a powerful Lancet report declares ultra-processed foods “as dangerous as tobacco” and demands a tax, tough ad curbs and ...

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, ...

California is the first state in the country to ban ultra-processed foods from school meals, aiming to transform how children eat on campus by 2035. In the cafeteria of Belvedere Middle School in the ...

If you’ve been following recent food-industry news, you might have noticed an interesting shift in how processed foods are being discussed. This month, San Francisco initiated legal action targeting ...

Researchers from South Dakota State University found that when they reduced the amount of ultra-processed food in a clinical feeding trial, the overall amount of calories consumed by participants also ...