Legislation to restrict supermarket sales of junk food has led to a “significant” reduction in purchases, according to the first ever independent analysis. Before the legislation was implemented, 20 ...

(CNN) - Six more states were granted waivers from the Department of Agriculture to prohibit Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits, or SNAP, from being used on certain processed food and ...

Tragic, but no longer surprising: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report this month showing that ultra-processed foods make up more than half of the calories ...

The restrictions apply to food designated as high in saturated fat, salt and sugar (or HFSS ). More than 20% of ...

US can't address obesity crisis "unless the marketing is drastically lowered." The inundation of junk food advertising is contributing to the rising rate of teen obesity -- a public health crisis ...