Researchers have long known that junk food advertising can prompt children to eat more. But a new study, presented this week at the European Congress on Obesity in Málaga, Spain, goes further — ...

The world's largest medical research institute has created a score system to objectively measure ultra-processed food ...

“Some dietary programs exclude certain foods,” he added. “Our plan used an ‘inclusion strategy,’ in which people incorporated ...

“Eating junk food gives a feeling of happiness and euphoria. But all should know that this ‘feel good’ does not last longer. To experience it again and again, people are addicted to junk foo ...

Fellow junk food eaters can undoubtedly attest ... chemical-laden foods and the ways in which they eat those that appear in nature. "People are not experiencing this with things like beans ...

One problem with junk foods is that they're low in satiation value -- that is, people don't tend to feel as full when they eat them -- which can lead to overeating. Another problem is that junk ...

A study of more than 200,000 people found those who ate the most amount of junk food were 29 percent more likely to develop the disease. It did not apply to women, perhaps because they eat more ...

Recent research reported that people who eat 10% more UPFs than others have a 23% higher risk of head and neck cancer. A junk food diet was also linked to a 24% higher risk of cancer of the ...

and there’s some early evidence that it’s already having a positive effect on the way people eat. Some countries in the European Union use a system called Nutri-Score that grades food products ...

March 26, 2025 – Here's something that might surprise you: People with obesity aren't driven to eat more because they find junk foods especially pleasurable. It's actually the opposite.